Be a Hero
- 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 imageA 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.…
Verfasserangaben: | Winfried GerlingORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57949-8_12 |
ISBN: | 978-3-319-57949-8 |
Titel des übergeordneten Werkes (Englisch): | Exploring the Selfie |
Untertitel (Englisch): | Self-Shoots at the Edge of the Abyss |
Verlag: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Verlagsort: | Wiesbaden |
Herausgeber*in: | Julia Eckel, Jens Ruchatz, Sabine Wirth |
Dokumentart: | Teil eines Buches (Kapitel) |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung: | 2018 |
Veröffentlichende Institution: | Fachhochschule Potsdam |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 19.03.2024 |
GND-Schlagwort: | Camcorder; Body-Cam; Action-Fotografie; Medienwissenschaft; Selfie |
Erste Seite: | 261 |
Letzte Seite: | 283 |
Fachbereiche und Zentrale Einrichtungen: | FB4 Design |
Europäische Medienwissenschaft | |
DDC-Klassifikation: | 700 Künste und Unterhaltung / 770 Fotografie, Computerkunst |
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