SOLEDAD: A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, THEY SAY. BUT SOMETIMES A PICTURE TELLS ONE TRUTH. AND THAT'S THE GOAL OF THE GLOBAL STORY TELLING PROJECT CALLED DEAR WORLD. THE STRIKING PORTRAITS FEATURE PEOPLE WITH MESSAGES WRITTEN ON THEIR BODIES. LIKE THIS. I WOULD TAKE ALL THE BULLETS FOR YOU. THAT'S THE MESSAGE FROM A MOM TO HER DAUGHTER, ALYSSA, A VICTIM OTHERS ARE MORE AMBIGUOUS. SOME ARE MEANT TO MAKE YOU LAUGH, LIKE THIS ONE. THAT SAYS, I TOOK THE CHICKEN OUT OF THE FREEZER. DEAR WORLD IS A COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 100,000 PHOTOS TAKEN AROUND THE WORLD. IT STARTED AS A PASSION PROJECT FOR ROBERT FOGE ART AND THEN QUICKLY MORPHED INTO SOMETHING -- FOGERT AND THEN QUICKLY MORPHED INTO SOMETHING MUCH BETTER. ROBERT IS WITH US TODAY. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU. EXPLAIN TO ME HOW IT REALLY BEGAN. WHEN DID YOU FIRST GET AN INKLING OF HAVING SOMEBODY WRITE ON THEIR BODY AND THEN TAKE A PHOTO OF IT TO SEND A BIGGER MESSAGE? ROBERT: LIKE ALL GOOD STORIES, IN NEW ORLEANS. START THAT WAY, ACTUALLY. ROBERT: WE WERE IN NEW ORLEANS AFTER THE STORM, A LOT OF YOUNG STUDENTS RIGHT OUT OF COLLEGE, I WAS IN THE AMERICORPS. AND I WAS WRITING ABOUT THE CITY. AND THEN THE YEAR THE SAINTS WON THE SUPER BOWL WE STARTED TO ASK PEOPLE THE RIGHT -- WHY THEY LOVE -- TO WRITE WHY THEY LOVED THE CITY AND ADDED THE ELEMENT ON PEOPLE'S BODIES. THE PRECURSOR TO DEAR WORLD WAS ACTUALLY CALLED DEAR NEW ORLEANS. SOLEDAD: IT'S TAKEN OFF. IN NEW ORLEANS AND YOU HAD ME WRITE SOMETHING ON MY HAND AND TOOK A PHOTO OF IT. HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT ARE THE STORIES AND THE PLACES THAT YOU WANT TO CAMP OUT TO PULL OUT SOME OF THOSE IMPORTANT STORIES? ROBERT: OUR MISSION IS WE CONNECT PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR MEANINGFUL STORIES AND A LOT OF THE WORK WE'VE NOW DONE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS IS TO COVER STORIES THAT I THINK ARE GENERATIONAL AND THEIR -- IN THEIR IMPACT, BUT DO IT IN A LITTLE DIFFERENT WAY THAN TRADITIONAL JOURNALISM. I LIKE TO THINK OF ALL OF THESE PORTRAITS, TRULY, AS JUST FIRST-PERSON PROFILES IN WHAT THEY WRITE ON THEIR BODY -- AND WHAT THEY WRITE ON THEIR BODY IS A LEAD TO A STORY ONLY THEY CAN TELL. SOME OF THE BIG STORIES THAT MANY PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU'VE GONE DOWN TO COVER. WE STARTED WITH PARKLAND. THE MOM WHO WROTE, I WOULD TAKE ARM. ROBERT: THAT'S LORI ALHADEFF AND HER DAUGHTER IS ALYSSA. WE COLLABORATED ON THIS PORTRAIT BUT ALSO A LETTER SHE PENED TO HER DAUGHTER AS A TRIBUTE. OFTEN WHEN WE WORK WITH FOLKS LIKE LORI, WHO HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED A LOT, THEY WANT TO TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR OWN VOICE AND THERE'S SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT BEING ABLE TO GO TO LORI AND SAY, WE CAN'T MISQUOTE YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO WRITE IT DIRECTLY ON YOUR BODY. SOLEDAD: LET'S TALK ABOUT PULSE. THOSE PHOTOS ARE -- THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL AND THEY'RE JUST HEARTBREAKING. I WISH THEY COULD HAVE ANSWERED THEIR CELL PHONES. ROBERT: THAT'S OMAR DELGADO. OFFICERS ONSITE IN THE CLUB THAT NIGHT. AND IF YOU ASKED HIM WHY HE WROTE THAT, HE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT BEING IN THE CLUB FOR THREE HOURS AND OF COURSE NOW, BREAKING NEWS BREAKS VERY QUICKLY, AND PEOPLE WHO PASSED AWAY THAT NIGHT, THEIR PHONES STARTED TO RING AND OMAR WILL TELL YOU THAT THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF THAT NIGHT WAS KNOWING THAT HE WAS ONE OF THE ONLY PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THEY WERE NEVER GOING TO ANSWER THOSE PHONES. SOLEDAD: YOU WENT TO INDIA TO TAKE SOME PHOTOS AND THEY'RE STUNNING. ROBERT: WE DECIDED TO DO A SERIES WITH WOMEN WHO HAVE EITHER MOVED TO LIVE OUT THEIR DAYS WHERE HINDU GOES TO DIE. THEY BELIEVE -- HINDUS GO TO DIE. THERE, THEY SKIP REINCARNATION AND GO STRAIGHT TO HEAVEN. SOLEDAD: THERE'S A WOMAN WHO WROTE, I CAN FINALLY PUT DOWN MY KNIFE. ROBERT: YEAH. THAT'S SHEILA. AND I ASKED HER, AND OFTEN WE THE PORTRAIT AND I ASKED HER WHAT HER LAST WORDS WOULD BE AND THROUGH AN INTERPRETER, OF COURSE, SHE TOLD ME, I CAN FINALLY PUT DOWN THE KNIFE. SHE CARRIES A KNIFE AROUND EVERYWHERE SHE GOES FOR PROTECTION. SHE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO FINALLY BEING ABLE TO PUT DOWN THE KNIFE. SOLEDAD: HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY DEAR WORLD? ROBERT: THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SOLEDAD: IF YOU HAD TO GUESS. ME. A COUPLE OTHERS. ROBERT: I THINK IF THE THESIS IS YOU AFFECT AT LEAST THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN THE PHOTOGRAPHERS AND THEN -- PHOTOGRAPHS AND THEN THROUGH THERE, SOME ORDER OF MAGNITUDE, I THINK IT'S PRETTY BIG. SOLEDAD: THE PHOTOS ARE AND THE WORDS, I THINK, MAKE THE PHOTO EVEN MORE MEANING