Chromatic Inversions

I don’t know what made me decide to “invert” this coral-sprouting goddess, using Photoshop, but it looked so cool that I tried it on everything. Here are the ones that also looked cool …

Daphne by Wenzel Jamnitzer, c. 1550, Musée National de la Renaissance.


Ancient Egyptian linen, British Museum.


Egyptian tools, British Museum.


Nets of native cultures, for fishing and trapping, Peabody Museum and National Museum of Australia.


Back view of a Greek Kouros statue’s head (this is the “hair”) Metropolitan Museum of Art


Horsehair Headdress, High Plains, Dakota, Peabody Museum.


Pink feather.


Oil-soaked pelican from the Gulf. If only Photoshop filters worked
in real life …
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel