{"product_id":"ben-rayner-mud-sweat-tears","title":"Ben Rayner - Mud, Sweat, Tears","description":"\u003cp\u003eBen Rayner and Good Sport Studio are pleased to announce the release of Mud, Sweat \u0026amp; Tears, a 58-page zine documenting the 2025 Nike Cross Nationals (NXN) - America’s premier high school cross country championship - photographed on film in Portland, Oregon on December 5th, 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShot entirely on film, the work moves beyond the podium to capture what NXN is really about: the several hundred athletes who converge on Portland knowing they won’t win. It’s a portrait of a team sport disguised as an individual one - the pre-race nerves, the mud, the effort, the collapse at the finish line, and the arms of a teammate waiting on the other side. Rayner’s camera finds the emotion that lives in the mid-pack, the glitter face paint, the bare feet in the mud, and the embraces that carry four years of high school cross country in a single moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe zine pairs Rayner’s photography - intimate, spontaneous, and alive with film grain - with an original essay by writer and former HS cross country star Paul Snyder, and features bold, color-blocked graphic design by Logan Buchanan. Contact sheets printed throughout give the work the feel of a photographer’s journal: unfiltered access to a day that most people never see.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMud, Sweat \u0026amp; Tears is published in a limited edition of 500 copies by Good Sport Studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“I was interested in the details of the meet. The emotions. The rituals. Cross country is sold as an individual sport but at NXN it’s unmistakably a team one — you can see it in how people fall apart and hold each other up within the same minute. I wanted to capture the experience of the 400 athletes who come to Portland, give everything, and go home without a trophy.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e— Ben Rayner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eMud, Sweat \u0026amp; Tears\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e : \u003c\/span\u003e210x297mm \/\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e8.27 x 11.69 inches, 4 Color offset printed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhotographer:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eBen Rayner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEssay:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ePaul Snyder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGraphic Design:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eLogan Buchanan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eGood Sport Studio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e500 copies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrice:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e$25 USD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAvailable — US:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/benrayner.bigcartel.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/benrayner.bigcartel.com\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1772586749969000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw16eZ_1pWEoPCdpR5LNAppJ\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ebenrayner.bigcartel.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAvailable — Australia \/ Europe:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/goodsportmagazine.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/goodsportmagazine.com\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1772586749969000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw15JB6fzM7zzm6QxjdXwlhO\" target=\"_blank\"\u003egoodsportmagazine.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMore information:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/benrayner.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/benrayner.com\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1772586749969000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw13uCjYVlZaE-cSIEVTkdUD\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ebenrayner.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e|\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/goodsportmagazine.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/goodsportmagazine.com\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1772586749969000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw15JB6fzM7zzm6QxjdXwlhO\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003egoodsportmagazine.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Good Sport Magazine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43022215348290,"sku":null,"price":33.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0008\/9800\/7106\/files\/feeae02e-aa78-46f4-89f7-c640fb8fd496.jpg?v=1771997486","url":"https:\/\/goodsportmagazine.myshopify.com\/products\/ben-rayner-mud-sweat-tears","provider":"Good Sport Magazine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}