OK to be perfectly clear, I do not mean these photo edits to be disrespectful AT ALL. I absolutely love and sustain each member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and the First Presidency. That said…
In recent weeks you’ve probably seen your friends using a popular (and slightly controversial) new app called FaceApp. People have been using the app to digitally age pictures of themselves, and the results are usually extraordinarily realistic. And then I started wondering … what might our beloved church leaders look like with a few years added onto their portraits? What you are about to see is the result of that curiosity. And I’ve just gotta say, each of them looks like the loving grandpa everyone wants to have. Take a gander:
The First Presidency
President Russell M. Nelson
President Dallin H. Oaks
Full transparency: Because President Oaks’ portrait portrays him as particularly young, I ran it through the generator twice in order to get a significantly older look.
President Henry B. Eyring
The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
President M. Russell Ballard
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Silver Fox indeed.
Elder David A. Bednar
Elder Quentin L. Cook
Full transparency: Because Elder Cook looks so young in his portrait, I’ve also run him through the generator twice over.
Elder D. Todd Christofferson
Elder Neil L. Andersen
Elder Ronald A. Rasband
Elder Russell M. Stevenson
Elder Dale G. Renlund
Elder Gerrit W. Gong
Elder Ulisses Soares
And there you have it! Apparently our First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve are still going to look fantastic and fit as ever twenty years down the road. Which photo surprised you the most? Let us know in the comments!
Bonus photo
I’ve been skeptical about sharing this edit because I didn’t want it to come off as disrespectful to our prophets. That is not the goal. I fully support their decision to appear more professional and to reverence their sacred calling by being clean-shaven. But, as Brigham Young, Lorenzo Snow, Joseph F. Smith, and George Albert Smith can testify—that hasn’t always been the cultural norm. So, here’s a look into an alternate universe. Another dimension where maybe our First Presidency was actually presiding over the Church in the early 1900s. Here they are, slightly aged and sporting a little tasteful Heber J. Grant-style facial hair:
