TY  - CHAP
U1  - Teil eines Buches
A1  - Gerling, Winfried
ED  - Eckel, Julia
ED  - Ruchatz, Jens
ED  - Wirth, Sabine
T1  - Be a Hero
BT  - Self-Shoots at the Edge of the Abyss
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.
AB  - 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
SN  - 978-3-319-57949-8
SB  - 978-3-319-57949-8
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57949-8_12
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57949-8_12
SP  - 261
EP  - 283
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
CY  - Wiesbaden
ER  -