A few days ago, Slate had a cool photo essay on Spenser Tunick. Tunick is the art photographer who specializes in arranging naked people into the popular landscape. I was first exposed to him via the marvelous HBO documentary Naked States.
The essential question here is, "How much does authorial intent matter in determining if something is art?"
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