In the beginning, Urban Revival was not even a thought in  my mind; I had just started thinking of shoots that I wanted to do when out of nowhere I got a wacky idea to put them all together.

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All the shoots were completely different from one another, so it was obvious to keep all the shoots seperate. But, I knew I wanted to do a group shoot as well.

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This definitely scared me. I had never done a shoot with more than one person before, and I had decided to include guys in this project, which was also a new venture for me.

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The shoot with the guys went perfectly. No complaints. And although the group shoot was definitely more difficult, it was a fantastic time.

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In the end, Urban Revival was about putting aside differences and coming together; to look beyond the cover of the book and actually read.

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Surreal Charnell