While taking a picture of "yourself" might sound like an easy task, it really isn't that easy if you think about it.
Of course just taking a portrait picture is easy, but is that really me?

I'm much more than just my face and my face isn't really what makes me "me".
I'm much more than my body as well. I am defined by what I do, by what I think, by the traces I leave behind in the world, in the minds of other people and in myself.

Now those are things that you can't easily take a picture of it so I had to make some sort of compromise.

The main parts that are involved in leaving traces are my brain (to make me decide what to do) and my hands (to perform the actual tasks). Since taking a picture of my brain was out of question I went for a picture of my hands.