Via Muniz is a Brazilian artist and photographer.[1] His work has been met with both commercial success and critical acclaim, and has been exhibited worldwide. In 1998, he participated in the 24th International Biennale in São Paulo, and in 2001, he represented Brazil at the 49th Biennale in Venice, Italy. In the 1980s, he photographed drawings and subtly altered the images, softening their appearance. To unify the series, he printed the photographs using a halftone screen, similar to those employed in publishing. This synthesis brought Muniz's memories of iconic images back to their original form—photographs printed in halftone.Through this artistic process, viewers confront a fascinating dichotomy: they recognize the images while realizing they are more like the "pictures of thought" than precise replicas. Muniz's work prompts reflection on the reliability of our memories regarding images and events, inviting us to question their veracity.By the mid-1990s, Muniz had begun to integrate unconventional everyday materials into his artistic process, as in his most well-known bodies of work Pictures of Chocolate series of 1997, rendered in chocolate sauce. The artist borrowed from popular culture and Old Masters artists such as Georges Seurat and Vincent Van Gogh to make his works more familiar. He called this approach the “worst possible illusion.” Action Photo, after Hans Namuth (1997) is from this series.