Botanical Illustration in Endangered, but Essential

Here’s a piece from the Washington Post on the profession of botanical illustration. Among other things, it says that such illustrations are much better than photographs, but that the profession is disappearing.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/botanical-illustration-is-becoming-endangered-but-the-job-is-essential/2020/01/28/24636724-3dff-11ea-8872-5df698785a4e_story.html