What ten books helped the @motherjonesmag photo department get through this turd of a year? Turns out three of our 2020 favorites were Best-of picks by @motherjonesphoto editor @ickibod ⠀ ⠀ @debicornwall 'Necessary Fictions' from @radius.books is an examination of "the mock villages and cities built on military bases around the United States with the idea of giving soldiers realistic training before landing in Iraq or Afghanistan. It’s a theater of the absurd, or a “necessary fiction…” It's a smart book. The photos are great, but all in all, as a book, it’s exceptional."⠀ ⠀ 'Chris Killip: The Station' from @steidlverlag "is notable for being the final book Chris Killip published before his death this year. It’s also notable for being thoroughly awesome—an in-the-pit look at small-town UK punk circa 1985… You can almost feel (and smell) the flesh and sweat and spikes and leather of the punks dancing to songs railing against Thatcher and Reagan. This work sat largely untouched for decades. Killip’s son found the contact sheets in 2016 and prodded his father to publish it."⠀ ⠀ @godlis Streets from @reelartpress "is more than a dizzy romp through a fantasized, fetishized New York. This is raw, exceptional street photography. It’s loose, but not overly so. It’s black and white and grainy, but not for effect. Godlis was a young man with a camera and wide open eyes taking in what he saw. F/16 vision. Taking it all in. It’s great to see Godlis get his due in this regard. If you happen to follow him on Instagram (you should), you’ve seen these photos and hoped for a book. Dreams do come true."⠀ ⠀ Read the full reviews via linkinbio.⠀ ⠀ #debicornwall #necessaryfictions #motherjonesbestphotobooks #chriskillip #thestation #godlis #godlisstreets⠀ https://www.instagram.com/p/CJYppC-pzHW/?igshid=10dv4bjcn4zgr