Is photo editing an art or at least a creative activity, because most of the work was done by the photographer, and the artist only circled the contours and filled in the fill?
First, let's see how Wikipedia interprets these terms. Art is the imaginative interpretation of an activity. Creativity is a process of activity that creates qualitatively new materials. The difference between creativity and production is the uniqueness of the result. Based on this, clipping photos can not be art and creativity, since this is a stage of production, there is no rethinking of activities, there are no author's techniques. Clipping can be called creative work, but the main word is “work”.�
From the image attached to the question, you can understand that this type of work does not imply originality of execution.
First, let's see how Wikipedia interprets these terms. Art is the imaginative interpretation of an activity. Creativity is a process of activity that creates qualitatively new materials. The difference between creativity and production is the uniqueness of the result. Based on this, clipping photos can not be art and creativity, since this is a stage of production, there is no rethinking of activities, there are no author's techniques. Clipping can be called creative work, but the main word is “work”.�
From the image attached to the question, you can understand that this type of work does not imply originality of execution.