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How does a ‘dumpy cubicle-dweller’ from Utah get to meet so many famous people at Sundance every year?

While the Sundance Film Festival brings a gaggle of big-name folks and industry types to Park City every year, Graves drives up the mountain not for the movies they’re promoting, but for the chance to meet someone famous, even if only for the 10 seconds it takes to snap a selfie with them.

When he spots his celebri-prey, he’ll approach — always being polite, always being nice — and ask for a photo.

If they say yes, he’ll whip out his bulky, beat-up Canon with the taped-up battery compartment, point the lens at himself and whoever his famous friend is, click the shutter and hope he’s captured something.