Dressed in his all-white tuxedo and matching skates, camera operator Jordan Cowan has become an accidental star at this year’s Olympic figure skating events in Milan.
Videos of the 35-year-old filming skaters as they leave the ice have gone viral, in part due to his attire but also the elegance in which he manipulates his camera-rig while gliding on the ice – sometimes on one leg and often backwards.
His role is to capture those intimate moments just seconds after a performance has finished, becoming the first camera operator in Olympic history to be allowed onto the ice.
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His newfound fame has proven to be a great source of both bemusement and validation for Cowan, who has been honing his craft in the background for years.
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