I think a better analogy is that pre-photography there were many portrait drawers who took pride in drawing good portraits for their clients. Then photography c

I think a better analogy is that pre-photography there were many portrait drawers who took pride in drawing good portraits for their clients. Then photography came, and the entire industry died a sudden and miserable death. Portraits still get drawn, but not many, and certainly not for the sake of preserving what somebody looks like.