In-A-Gadda-Da-England

Containing 20 years of documentary photographs by photographer Edward Thompson In-A-Gadda-Da-England is a fever dream of the recent past.

Certain themes reveal themselves within the book, many of which were catalysts for Brexit: Nostalgia, Populism, Protest. And yet the photographs also convey moments of serendipity with strangers and the sublime of the everyday.

The photo-series won a Sony World Photo Award in 2019. The book was a finalist in the Lucie Foundation 2022 Photo Book Awards in the Independent category.

In-A-Gadda-Da-England
Offset printed
Hardback cover
Debossed photograph and gold foil text
296mm x 296mm
124 pages
500 copies (29 copies left)
ISBN 9781739781606
Foreword by Diane Smyth
Q&A by David Campany

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‘Edward Thompson’s ‘In-a-Gadda-da-England’ is a complicated nightmare of a book. A distant descendant of Bill Brandt’s ’The English at Home’, 1936. A place and a culture stuck in class ritual, fearful, anxious, and surreal.’

— David Campany. Writer / Curator

‘It feels like a lot of what you might call the British documentary scene is mostly interested in just repeating the work people were doing sixty or more years ago. If you're interested in a fresh, sad take on Brexit Britain, I highly recommend this new book.’

— Lewis Bush. Photographer / Writer

‘Looking through In-A-Gadda-Da-England by Edward Thompson and as a photographic survey of the UK over the last 10 or so years I'm loving it. Beautifully observed and studied situations, quality photographs that include the poignant, quirky and absurd. Thoroughly recommend.’

— Andy Greenacre
Director of Photography, The Telegraph Magazine

Various photographs from In-A-Gadda-Da-England (Flying Camera Publishing, 2022)

A young boy wearing a striped shirt stands in a garden filled with various garden ornaments and figurines. Behind him is a white brick wall with a window and several decorative items, including hanging planters, small sculptures, and gnomes.

A man lying on a sleeping bag with British flags, surrounded by people. He is wearing a beanie with the Union Jack design, and appears to be speaking or explaining something, holding a microphone. Some people are standing nearby, with bicycles and ca

A man wearing a black train conductor hat with a badge that says RH & DR ENGINEMAN, a brown jacket, white shirt, and tie, standing outside near a train.

Children and adults dressed as clowns and in red jackets, some holding colorful balloons, standing outside near a railing and a building, eating snacks.

A topiary sculpture of a large, cartoonish man with glasses, wearing a top hat, standing in a garden next to two houses and a parked black car.

Two young people at a protest holding signs and surrounded by a crowd of protesters, with trees and a building in the background.

A group of people walking on a narrow pier that extends over calm water with a clear blue sky in the background.

Photograph of a suburban street with white vans parked along the sidewalk, a tall brick wall, a tree with green leaves, pink blossoms, a flag in the background, and a black dog sitting near the fence.

A turkey standing on a wooden surface with eggs in the background. The turkey is wearing a purple feathered costume.

A float decorated with a Miss Faversham banner and bunting, featuring three women dressed as princesses, parked on a street in front of a suburban house.

A shirtless young man with messy hair sitting on a floral-patterned sofa outdoors, holding chickens, with two more chickens on the sofa. The scene is set in a rural backyard with grass, a wooden fence, and a blue sky.

Photograph of a young man sitting on a couch outdoors in a garden, holding a chicken, with two other chickens on the couch. There is a badminton net in the background and a clear blue sky.

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