RE: [Leica] MIA Lugger

[Tom Finnegan <TomF@piengr.com>]

Does anyone know what happened to Martin Howard and how one might contact
him?

Been thinking about him lately and would like to say hi.

Guy
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Well, I could be wrong, but there is a 'Martin Howard' listed on the FOMII
website with an email address of 'mvhoward@mac.com'. The same mvhoward
appears on the judging panel emails that Alastair sends out. Whether it is
THE Martin I couldn't say. 

Didn't he promise to post a bunch of pictures to go along with his 'Around
the South in Twelve Days'? Maybe we should all send a bunch of emails to the
above address to find out if it's him. 

Perhaps he's holed up, hard at work on a major epic Leica poem.

Tom Finnegan

Ode to Black Tape

'Twas four o'clock, early morn',
 and I was wide awake,
From gentle slumber I'd been torn,
 my sleep I would forsake.

My mind was mad, running wild,
 tearing at its seams,
A single question had it riled,
 depriving me of dreams.

Its gnawing, gnarling, gnashing self,
 inside my brain did scrape,
"Should my M6, on the shelf,
 be covered in black tape?.

So small and neat, with chrome so clean,
 it sparkled in the light,
Yet maybe such a pristine sheen,
 was too prominent a sight.

Like HCB and Depardon,
 this camera of mine,
Would capture Life, as it went on,
 around me all the time.

Unobserved, yet seeing all,
 I'd stalk the streets at night,
With my pictures I'd show all,
 my photographic might.

Yet gleaming chrome, stealth does defy,
 despite my best intention,
thus may require me to try,
 some shrewd circumvention.

But residue, black tape doth leave,
 when once it is removed,
And thus my plight this starry eve,
 remained, alas, unmoved.

For hours more, I tossed and turned,
 no answer could I find,
for sleep and rest I dearly yearned,
 and for peace of mind.

And presently, the day did break,
 and with it my resolve,
to end all future nights awake,
 and so a plan evolved.

I packed my camera, lens and all,
 and sold it to Kowloon,
A newbie shooter, guy named Paul,
 it couldn't ship too soon.

Then late one night, Paul called my home,
 he sounded in poor shape,
"Should the camera parts in chrome,
 be covered in black tape?"


M.
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