They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. And while the quote has been misattributed to everyone from Napoleon to Confucius, Turgenev broke the essential idea down in Fathers and Sons, that a complex idea or situation can be conveyed through a single still image.

With ever-improving cameras in mobile phones, it seems everyone is a budding photographer. Results vary, from spectacular to embarrassing. Just check out youarenotaphotographer.com, which highlights some of the worst results of online fauxtographers, for an example of the latter.

A major catalyst in this digi-photo revolution has been Instagram, which has been cutting through the world of social networking like wildfire. An homage to the Kodak Instamatic and Polaroid, as well as the fantastically addictive cult of Lomography, Instagram turns the camera on an iPhone into an entire photographers toolkit, allowing a host of filters and lighting options.

The true genius of Instagram is in it’s social aspects, and for many it’s taking over from Twitter as the way they share their day to day lives. Twitter allows expression of what’s on our minds. 140 character thought bubbles. Whereas Instagram functions as a sort of picto-Twitter, allowing glimpses into our aesthetic realities.

Debate is raging on (ironically, primarily on Twitter), but many people clearly feel that a picture may be worth a thousand words, but an Instagram is worth at least 141 characters.

This column will, once a week, take a look at some interesting IGs and IGers, in the world of streetwear and beyond. With over 15 million users, I can’t possibly see everything, so if you want me to check out your shots, or have recommendations of IGers, hit me up on Twitter: @quentincrispy, or on Instagram: cottonrazorblade.

Check out this weeks selection, featuring Jeff Staple, Edison Chen, Aaron Bondaroff, Bobby Hundreds, Juxtapoz Magazine, Mia Valerio and Rocky Xu and  and others after the jump.

Happy Snapping.

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New York’s Aaron Bondaroff aka ‘A-Ron the Downtown Don’ worked with Gap and (PRODUCT) RED™ on an Africa-themed tee. Hey, at least it’s for a good cause. Half the profits from Gap (PRODUCT) RED™ styles go to the global fund to fight AIDS. Your thoughts, faithful readers?

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Following up on a stellar showing by Michael Genovese, Aaron Bondaroff and Al Moran’s O.H.W.O.W. invades Athens to presents The Greasy Spoon pop-up shop. Designed by Rafael de Cardenas of Architecture at Large, the venue echoes the design features of the O.H.W.O.W. space in Miami and showcases objects, books, ‘zines, art, clothing and all kinds of paraphernalia derived from the O.H.W.O.W. community of artists, photographers and musicians. The space will run for five weeks and feature a constantly rotating mix of goods and products throughout the summer. We highly recommend you stop by if you’re in Greece!

The Greasy Spoon
Myllerou 27, Keramikos
10436 Athens
Wed-Sun 17:30 – 21:30

More images from O.H.W.O.W. & A.M.P. Present The Greasy Spoon after the jump.

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The guys of Off Bowery Productions, namely Aaron Bondaroff, have produced a nice little video, introducing some of their most prominent members and just the whole idea behind Off Bowery. The underlying message is “Turn Your Lifestyle Into A Job”, which we could not agree more with! Check it out!

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For the Off Off Bowery exhibition, that recently took place at Colette, curator Aaron Bondaroff brought together an impressive group of artists. Colette is currently hosting a pop-up store with goods created for the exhibition. We already presented to you Supreme and WTAPS collaboration t-shirts.

Here comes now the collectible Aaron Bondaroff “Dollar” skate deck. It comes in four versions and is now available at Colette.

More detailed images follow after the jump.

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Colette is bringing another exciting exhibition to Paris this Fall. "Off Off Bowery" is an art exhibition curated by Aaron Bondaroff and Jen Brill. They brought together an exciting mix of artists out of different genres and put together the Off Off Bowery show.

It will run at Colette from September 29th until November 1rst. Another reason to drop by Paris.

More previews of the exhibition follow after the jump.

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