Do you remember that "photo opportunity" orchestrated by F. Nietzsche with Jules Bonnet, the famous Swiss photographer, in 1882 ?
The famous photo was full artificially designed.
Lou kneals in the front of a small farmer's cart, holding a whip, while Ree and Nietzsche stand in front of the cart, linked to Lou's hand by ropes.
It was a typical thechnique used in the studios by photographers in the XIX century.
All we know that art is art - ificial. All we know that art is not the truth, the real state of things, the true of real events or facts. It is a re - presentation of something, not necessarily real.
I think that it doesn't matter if the photo represents artificial objects.