It's May 4th, 2007, and episode of The Candid Frame.

Today's guest is a photographer I met while I was down in Tucson, Arizona last month.

I'd gone down to visit a friend of mine, and while we were down

there, I had the opportunity to meet another photographer, Carl W. Hoffman, who's today's guest.

And he owns a small gallery in an area just south of Tucson.

And while talking to him, he started telling me about a documentary project he's been working on for the last two years.

And he lives in a small border town, just about seven miles from the United States-Mexican border.

And he has been documenting the impact of immigration and the variety of other things on this small town.

And I was really fascinated by his story and his project, and he offered to actually take us of a tour of the border and to tell us more about

the project to be working on. So even though I was only there for a couple of days, I didn't

want to miss out on this opportunity, so I took him up on his offer. And while we were out there

driving around, I interviewed him for the show. And I think what was really kind of

interesting, because there's been a lot of coverage about the whole immigration issue all

law on the border. But I never really heard much from someone who actually lived on the border, which Carl does.

And his work and the documentary that he's come up with, which is basically a compilation of the stills that he's created,

and his narration, which is available on a DVD for which I'll provide a link on the site,

provides a sort of a unique insight

because I think a lot of the people who go and photograph and create essays or stories on them

are really people who do not live within the communities.

They're, for all intents and purposes, outsiders who come down there,

photograph, interview, tell

stories, but they often go back to wherever, where they live. And I thought Carl's perspective is

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