Monthly Challenge March 31, 2016 -- Portrait/Self Portrait

Here are some suggestions and inspiration for the March 31, 2016 Monthly Challenge:

 

This YouTube video is a very interesting profile of a number portrait photographers and the philosophical inspiration and concepts underlying their portraits:

 

The following two YouTube videos may also give you some ideas:

 

Here's a very interesting video showing some very creative self portraits.  Requires some very significant Photoshop knowledge: