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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
His suit is actually made by one of the figure skating tailors and is constructed of fabric which allows him to move freely while also looking dapper.
“It’s Milan,” he said. “It just felt like apropos to dress elegantly.”
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
Cowan was a competitive figure skater himself for much of his life, retiring in 2012. Filming competitions became a way of staying in the sport he loved, while also exploring his love of film.
“The best compliment I get from skaters is that they forgot I was even on the ice with them. That’s the gold standard if you’re still able to capture something as it truly was, without interfering and affecting it"
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