These photos are independent works of art. They take skill to select the angle, to set up your equipment, and to be ready in the moment. They are absolutely a

These photos are independent works of art. They take skill to select the angle, to set up your equipment, and to be ready in the moment. They are absolutely art. A lot of wedding photos look a lot like other wedding photos. That doesn't make them not art or not worthwhile. Someone trying to exactly recreate a shot may not be art (trying to find exactly where Ansel was, etc.) but can still be a solid technical exercise in developing skills. This is not that - it's two people creating something new and independently who happened to have similar results.