Can photography combined with illustration become a work of art?

Yes, the photography art of pure pictures usually reflects a realistic phenomenon, such as a picture of left-behind children longing for the care of their parents; Illustrations can depict the art of photography. Illustration in a narrow sense, also called illustration, widely appears in books, picture books, magazines, advertisements or film and television posters, and mostly appears as a single picture without coherence. Freedom in creation is more a manifestation of painting art. However, I recently saw an illustration teacher's painting in Wuhan, which reflected the painter's yearning for his family through the carefree state of his children going to school.