“We Aren’t Alone” Puts Focus on Suicide Prevention Campaign

Suicide prevention cannot wait. Suicide doesn’t halt in a pandemic. So when Shari Hindman and the team at Siddall Communications, on behalf of BeWellVA, reached out to award-winning photographer Cade Martin to ask if he could make a campaign on suicide prevention, safely.  Cade told Capitol Communicator he “had to make it work.

“We proposed casting people that were sheltered in place together. By using talent in close relationship, we could be safe and capture human touch. And importantly a group of people who are already close physically and emotionally, would lend to a natural interaction and connection.”

Cade told Capitol Communicator: “We had a small crew, only the two on-set talent were allowed in the studio, the talent up next texted from their cars and we let them know when it was OK to come in – after the previous talent left, everything was wiped down consistently throughout the day – and masks were worn by all.

“The process was appropriately distanced, but the images aim to show we aren’t alone.”