Nah it's for Pre-U art for my personal investigation, which I decided to do 'Photography as an artform - To what extent are the influences of fine art evident in contemporary photography'. It may well be part of a course, though, I've just not been a part of it.
As for having purpose other than itself excluding something from being art, I'd disagree with that. The Sagrada Familia has a role as a church, and concessions to utility such as the restrooms, but the intense aesthetic and symbolic aims of the building make it art without question.
James, would you say that any photo taken by anyone was art then? A cheeky selfie at the back of the club, so that others on facebook could see how cool you were? I wouldn't say photography isn't capable of being art, but I certainly wouldn't use a definition as wide and vague as yours. For example my preliminary sketches for conceptual photography I'd never consider art, but they are my vision.
