Check out this recent blog commentary on Contemporary Digital Media as art from Carla Moloney.
Thinking Points From The Post:
a) If reproducibility decreases the "aura" of an artwork, does it also decrease monetary and cultural value?
b) What would Benjamin think of seeing Photoshopped images as art?
c) Specifically, are digital works of art less culturally valuable than traditional media?
While you ponder, take a look at this excellent Photoshop Disasters blog. Definitely not art. Or perhaps, The Art of The Mistake...
Intense self-tanning lotion? Or awful Photoshop mismatch?