the first photo of earth from space was taken on december 7, 1972.
the first photo of earth from space was taken on december 7, 1972.
when was the first photo of earth from space taken?
december 7, 1972
coleman was the first photo critic for "the new york times", authoring 120 articles during his tenure. he started writing in 1967 and has contributed to the "village voice", "new york observer" and numerous magazines, artist monographs and other publications worldwide.









































he was named one of the top 100 people in photography by "american photo magazine' in 1974'.









































section::::awards.









































bullet::::- 1976: art critic's fellowship, national endowment for the arts — the first such fellowship awarded to a photography critic by the nea.









































bullet::::- 1993: guest scholar, j. paul getty museum (los angeles, ca).









































bullet::::- 1994: fulbright senior scholar in sweden.
a. d. coleman
little is known of the second photo; it is often ignored by researchers, who believe its quality too poor and its differences from the first photo too great to warrant analysis. it shows a head similar to the first photo, with a more turbulent wave pattern and possibly taken at a different time and location in the loch. some believe it to be an earlier, cruder attempt at a hoax, and others (including roy mackal and maurice burton) consider it a picture of a diving bird or otter which wilson mistook for the monster. according to morrison, when the plates were developed wilson was uninterested in the second photo; he allowed morrison to keep the negative, and the second photo was rediscovered years later. when asked about the second photo by the "ness information service newsletter", spurling " ... was vague, thought it might have been a piece of wood they were trying out as a monster, but [was] not sure."
loch ness monster