# You'd Think They Only Ever Had But ONE Photograph Taken **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 22, 2005, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-they-only-ever-had-but-one-photograph-taken/286009 "2005-01-22T00:55:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-they-only-ever-had-but-one-photograph-taken/286009/1 "2005-01-22T00:55:00Z")
judging by the way some celebs, past and present, are only ever represented in the media but by a single iconic photo. I mean, really… –Che Guevara surely had more expressions than that one intense gaze in the famous beret-wearing photo snapped in 1960. –Jay Sebring was surely photographed more than that time he stared suavely into the camera with his glistening dark hair perfectly coiffed (it damn well better be perfectly coiffed). –Did Jim Morrison ever put his shirt back on and take that bead necklace off? –And Robert Johnson, did… oh, okay, never mind… See what I mean? Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-they-only-ever-had-but-one-photograph-taken/286009/2 "2005-01-22T00:57:44Z")
To be fair, Morrison has about three oft-used photos. One with a greenish type sweater/turtleneck on, holding a mike, mouth slightly open, dazed, and the bearded poet photo taken at Bronson Caves. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-they-only-ever-had-but-one-photograph-taken/286009/3 "2005-01-22T01:36:22Z")
George Washington from Gilbert Stuart’s painting. Albert Einstein sticking out his tongue. There are many more (Einstein once listed his occupation as “photographer’s model”), but that’s by far the best known. ---
**Author:** ![EmeraldGrue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dc4da7/32.png) [@EmeraldGrue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmeraldGrue)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-they-only-ever-had-but-one-photograph-taken/286009/4 "2005-01-22T03:19:15Z")
There’s at least one other photo of Watson and Crick floating around, but all you ever see is them [pointing at their little DNA model](http://pubs.acs.org/hotartcl/cenear/980112/watson.jpeg). ---
**Author:** ![edwino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@edwino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwino)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-they-only-ever-had-but-one-photograph-taken/286009/5 "2005-01-22T03:48:13Z")
Heh I was gonna say Watson and Crick, especially since I heard James Watson speak today. Crotchety old guy, but funny… I’ll add [Gandhi](http://nctga.org/gandhi.gif). I’ve seen some photos of him IIRC in New York and it is just so bizarre to see other pictures besides the few iconic ones. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-they-only-ever-had-but-one-photograph-taken/286009/6 "2005-01-22T05:13:51Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Albert Einstein sticking out his tongue. In college, I was once wearing a t-shirt with this picture on it while visiting one of my physics professors at his office. The physics department secretary, a fifty-something woman, told me that she was from Ulm–Einstein’s birthplace–and that they have a statue of Einstein there in the famous sticking-tongue-out pose. She also told me that she had always hated that picture because it made him seem undignified, and she hated that her hometown had erected a statue of it. I still like it. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-they-only-ever-had-but-one-photograph-taken/286009/7 "2005-01-22T06:54:48Z")
> [@Sir Rhosis](#): > > –And Robert Johnson, did… oh, okay, never mind… Maybe I’m being whooshed, but there are only two or three known photographs of Johnson. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-they-only-ever-had-but-one-photograph-taken/286009/8 "2005-01-22T07:03:40Z")
Marilyn Monroe with her skirt blowing up. ---
**Author:** ![Mississippienne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-they-only-ever-had-but-one-photograph-taken/286009/9 "2005-01-22T09:45:53Z")
Sid Vicious with the mustard smeared on his face. A figure more notorious for his image than his (limited) musical output. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-they-only-ever-had-but-one-photograph-taken/286009/10 "2005-01-22T09:53:29Z")
Yes, I was joking about Robert Johnson. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-they-only-ever-had-but-one-photograph-taken/286009/11 "2005-01-22T12:34:35Z")
[Nick Nolte](http://www.throwmyshoe.org/images/nicknoltedui.jpg), of course! ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-they-only-ever-had-but-one-photograph-taken/286009/12 "2005-01-22T13:07:08Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > In college, I was once wearing a t-shirt with this picture on it while visiting one of my physics professors at his office. The physics department secretary, a fifty-something woman, told me that she was from Ulm–Einstein’s birthplace–and that they have a statue of Einstein there in the famous sticking-tongue-out pose. She also told me that she had always hated that picture because it made him seem undignified, and she hated that her hometown had erected a statue of it. > > I still like it. I always figured that Einstein was a guy who knew the inherent limits of dignity. In high school I had a great sepia-tone poster of him trying to ride a bicycle. Here’s a sort of version [http://whyfiles.org/052einstein/](http://whyfiles.org/052einstein/) ---
**Author:** ![Zonyx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@Zonyx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zonyx)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-they-only-ever-had-but-one-photograph-taken/286009/13 "2005-01-22T13:53:13Z")
And it looks as though Michael Jackson is heading in that direction. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-they-only-ever-had-but-one-photograph-taken/286009/14 "2005-01-22T15:36:49Z")
For some reason, the first thing to pop into my head when I read the thread title was David Gest and Liza Minnelli – found [this page](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.bobfromaccounting.com/7_2303/lizalarge2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.bobfromaccounting.com/7_2303/minelli.html&h=213&w=255&sz=9&tbnid=r8_-meHXaXEJ:&tbnh=88&tbnw=105&start=19&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dminnelli%2Bgest%2B%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG) when I googled it. Hee! ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-they-only-ever-had-but-one-photograph-taken/286009/15 "2005-01-22T15:46:18Z")
The picture of Einstein sticking his tongue out is real? I’d never seen it before I got online and only see it as an avatar at various messageboards, so thought it was a photo manipulation until now. Huh. Learn something new every day. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-they-only-ever-had-but-one-photograph-taken/286009/16 "2005-01-22T18:56:20Z")
The first thing that crossed my mind was this picture of [Winston Churchill](http://www.fotobas.com/image/Winston_Churchill_1941.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youd-think-they-only-ever-had-but-one-photograph-taken/286009/17 "2005-01-22T20:04:08Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > The first thing that crossed my mind was this picture of [Winston Churchill](http://www.fotobas.com/image/Winston_Churchill_1941.jpg). There’s at least one other picture, from a war poster, that is equally as famous. When I get home I’ll post a link.