TY - CHAP A1 - Gerling, Winfried A2 - Eckel, Julia A2 - Ruchatz, Jens A2 - Wirth, Sabine T1 - Be a Hero T2 - Exploring the Selfie N2 - A tendency has developed in recent times toward a close connection of the (photo) apparatus and the body. The GoPro, the “world’s most versatile camera,” as stated in the developer’s self-description, is often worn attached to the body, is held at a moderate distance from the body by means of a selfie stick, or is firmly mounted on helmets and sporting equipment. Regarding these cameras, a whole array of practices and technologies has evolved that strongly promote “self-shooting.” Thus, a new genre of the self-image has arisen: images of skaters, surfers, fliers, fallers, and the fallen, all capturing themselves in all circumstances up until death; it seems that the camera itself creates the risk to fall. This chapter focuses on the relationship of aesthetics, body, and apparatus that can be traced back to early examples of “falling photographers” and that is nowadays so impressively exemplified by the GoPro technique and its usage. Additionally, the text deals with the general leveling of the difference between the moving image (video) and the still image (photography) within the digital realm, specifically via the unification of both, technologies and practices, in one apparatus—like the GoPro. KW - Camcorder KW - Body-Cam KW - Action-Fotografie KW - Medienwissenschaft KW - Selfie Y1 - 2018 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-fhpotsdam/frontdoor/index/index/docId/3398 SN - 978-3-319-57949-8 SP - 261 EP - 283 PB - Palgrave Macmillan CY - Wiesbaden ER -