I met Al kaplan on the photo.net photography forum a few years ago. He is in his 60s now.  He was a pro photographer down in Florida for many years.  He is amusing, knowledgeable and helpful.  Also an excellent photographer.  Knows a ton about Leicas and other rangefinder cameras.  He is working on a blog of his photos and memories, many in black and white.  An interesting place to browse

http://thepriceofsilver.blogspot.com/

I met Al Kaplan online at the Photonet Leica forum, heck, I even have a t-shirt with his face on it. He is a master photographer and has used a variety of camera gear over the years but mostly he is a black and white Leica kind of guy.  Very knowledgeable, opinionated and helpful.  His photoblog got some special recognition by Yahoo. Al is a Floridian and has begun posting his life's work of photos and stories on his blog, great viewing and reading. Lots of famous people going back to the 60s. He calls his blog The Price of Silver. For the past year or so he has been experimenting with a modern Leica thread mount Cosina Voigtlander 15mm lens and making a series of self-portraits where he holds the camera out at arm's length and fires the shutter. The extreme wide angle view of the 15mm lens makes for some fascinating shots. But equally interesting is the photographs showing the history of Miami area since the 60s. Highly recommended.

the link below will get you to Al's blog