Comment by password54321
3 years ago
They are photographers. Here is the definition of an artist so you can have better clarity on what an artist is:
"A person who creates art (such as painting, sculpture, music, or writing) using conscious skill and creative imagination"
Your definition assumes that photography is not art and/or doesn't involve conscious skill and creative imagination. That's not the consensus, to put it mildly.
Everything is art then and we are all artists. Happy? Also consensus != correct.