[Leica] photographing the homeless

[von-ohlen at sbcglobal.net (Bill Larsen)]

So what is going on with the fingernails? 

Ratty writes:
> Omar frequently has something dramatic and pointed to say, which makes him 
> popular, he's also often spectacularly well dressed. I've come to think of 
> him as the Duke of Locust Street where he hangs out, pontificating, 
> drinking, and sometimes yelling at people. I've probably been taking 
> photos of him, off and on, for five or six years. I ran into him yesterday 
> and he said "I'm getting old. I want to live in the suburbs. This might be 
> the last time you see me." He was wearing a Tweetie Bird shirt and had a 
> matching stuffed toy. We shook hands and I thought it would be a little 
> sad if it was, in fact, the last time I saw him. But I ran into him again 
> about three hours later and he was wearing an entirely new wardrobe.
>
> http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/omar-tweetie-1200.jpg