Gallery: Vein-Busting Portraits of CrossFitters About to Implode

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    All the portraits in *The Crossfitters* series are shot with multiple light to emphasize the athlete's faces.
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    All the athletes in the series were photographed in London.
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    Lifters don't always grimace so much when they lift. But Haynes asked them to over-emphasize.
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    Haynes's photos don't look this good right out of the camera. He spends hours in post-production toning to get them exactly how he wants them.
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    *The Crossfitters* is just a personal project. But it's been one of Haynes's most popular galleries.
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