Lori Nix constructs elaborate miniature scenes photographed to create surreal, cinematic illusions of scale where tiny fabricated worlds appear vast and monumental, directly mirroring Heller's technique of placing miniature figures within an expansive reimagined environment.

Sandy Skoglund creates conceptual color photographs featuring figures within surreal, carefully constructed environments saturated with bold, unified tones, sharing Heller's playful yet uncanny manipulation of scale, color, and narrative within a single photographic image.

David Levinthal photographs miniature figurines placed within constructed landscapes to blur the boundary between toy and reality, using warm tones and shallow depth of field to generate imaginative narratives from small scale figures in ways closely aligned with Heller's approach in Slopes.