
The photo of a coelacanth

When the fish becomes an amphibian animal, its fins begin transforming into limbs.

The fish looks like a type of prehistoric reptile in this period.

The limbs are formed more and more clearly.

“Origin” was a series of manipulated photo images and a short piece of digital animation created by Lee in 1999

Daniel Lee, 54 years old, worked with Photoshop at his New York studio combining various pieces of the photos to create the series.

In this stage, hair of the animal-like reptile begins to appear.

The animal looks like a monkey in this period.

Hair gradually disappeared.

The tail becomes shorter and shorter

And a man appears