Illustrate a concept in Instagram's square frames for our photo challenge

For this week's photo challenge, go beyond a simply beautiful photograph and aim to illustrate an idea in your square frames

Conceptual photography is the art of getting a concept across to your audience by using just the contents of a photo. Be it a literal depiction of the phrase walking on clouds or a carefully set up shot that illustrates a brainstorm, your photos should be satisfying, maybe even stirring up an "aha!" moment — they should leave your viewers wanting more.

See also: 20 photos that creatively utilize negative space

Chris Rivera, a fine art photographer who specializes in art- and self-portraits, will be our guest host. His Instagram feed is a mix of beautiful, surreal squares — many of them double exposed and edited to illustrate ideas. Over the last few years, he's grown a following of more than 30,000 people Read more...

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