Close reconstructed photographic portraits using unconventional mark making systems and gridded materials, creating images that reward close inspection by revealing the gap between the constructed surface and the recognizable portrait it produces, directly paralleling Muniz's wire based illusionism.

Anatsui transforms found and repurposed materials like bottle caps and wire into shimmering large scale works that read as unified images from a distance, sharing Muniz's core interest in how accumulated physical materials can construct a compelling visual illusion through photography and perception.

Demand meticulously constructs paper and cardboard models of iconic images and spaces then photographs them, creating a conceptual dialogue between a fabricated physical object and its photographic representation that directly mirrors Muniz's method of building images from materials before capturing them on film.