The Grey Line - Jo Metson Scott
© Jo Metson Scott
The Grey Line is a reflection on war told from the perspectives of US and UK soldiers who have spoken out against the invasion of Iraq. Their voices have been met with varying consequences, from being outcast to imprisoned, shunned to celebrated.
Photographer Jo Metson Scott began the project after meeting a young American soldier who had been denied Conscientious Objector status and had gone AWOL in order to avoid redeployment to Iraq. There began a journey that took Jo across the US in search of other veterans who had also been morally opposed to the war, and who had spoken out against it, at varying costs to themselves.
Jo's work looks at the growing number of young men and women who, having chosen to fight for their country, later found themselves questioning what they were being ordered to do - at a time when the legality of the war itself was being disputed internationally. Through photographs and interviews, 'The Grey Line' explores the lives of these soldiers to more fully understand what it was that changed their minds and drove them to take an anti-war position - no matter what consequence.
Jo Metson Scott’s work has been exhibited around the UK and commissioned by a variety of organisations including The New York Times, The Telegraph, and The Photographers’ Gallery. The Grey Line was the recipient of the inaugural Fire-Cracker Grant and was published in March 2013. To look at Jo's work visit http://jometsonscott.co.uk
Photographer Jo Metson Scott began the project after meeting a young American soldier who had been denied Conscientious Objector status and had gone AWOL in order to avoid redeployment to Iraq. There began a journey that took Jo across the US in search of other veterans who had also been morally opposed to the war, and who had spoken out against it, at varying costs to themselves.
Jo's work looks at the growing number of young men and women who, having chosen to fight for their country, later found themselves questioning what they were being ordered to do - at a time when the legality of the war itself was being disputed internationally. Through photographs and interviews, 'The Grey Line' explores the lives of these soldiers to more fully understand what it was that changed their minds and drove them to take an anti-war position - no matter what consequence.
Jo Metson Scott’s work has been exhibited around the UK and commissioned by a variety of organisations including The New York Times, The Telegraph, and The Photographers’ Gallery. The Grey Line was the recipient of the inaugural Fire-Cracker Grant and was published in March 2013. To look at Jo's work visit http://jometsonscott.co.uk
