Transcript: Illustrator Keeps Artistic Vision Despite Eye Injury

STEVE INSKEEP
NPR Morning Edition
09-08-2009
Illustrator Keeps Artistic Vision Despite Eye Injury

Host: STEVE INSKEEP
Time 11:00-12:00 PM


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STEVE INSKEEP, host:

However you may be insured, your health can affect the way you do your job. Consider the woman who works for Warren Wagner.

Dr. WARREN WAGNER (Botanist): We think that she's just about the best illustrator in the United States - botanical illustrator.

INSKEEP: He's talking about Alice Tangerini, an artist at the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum in Washington, D.C. She also curates the Smithsonian's five million plant specimens. Her work takes patience, skill and good eyes. After 37 years at work, she still has the ...

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