A drawing/painting of a car crash certainly can be

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As can a photo of one (sorry, I don't have a good example of that).

And, both a camera and AI are an example of "using a tool to create an image of something". Both involve a creator to determine what picture is created; but the tool is central/crucial to the creation.

Perhaps it has to be a more sophisticated emotion, such as feeling tired of a hackneyed definition.

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