That's a very narrow definition of vector vs raster, the end result looks very different from a photograph. Vector-based drawings have a certain swoopy hand-drawn style to them, vs the realism of altering and recombining photorealistic images.
An example of the opposite style is the giant pencil in the new stopdesign layout:
An example of the opposite style is the giant pencil in the new stopdesign layout:
http://stopdesign.com/
It's obviously sourced from real life, rather than generated from scratch.