A good question, perhaps, is where does one draw the line between “photographer” and the digital equivalent of “painter”? Because I have a hard time calling something like [this][1] or [this][2] photographs, even if they were used as the base, as to me it implies simultaneously more and less than the resultant image.
[1]: http://www.juxtapoz.com/media/k2/galleries/53167/juxtapoz-baxter11.jpg
[2]: http://www.juxtapoz.com/media/k2/galleries/53167/juxtapoz-baxter9.jpg
