Jo Metson Scott
British portrait and documentary photographer
Jo Metson Scott is a British portrait and documentary photographer, based in London. Her book, The Grey Line, is about British and American soldiers who dissented to the Iraq War.
Life and work
Metson Scott was born in Exeter. She has also lived in West Bridgford, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire. She earned a BA in Photography from Birmingham Institute of Art and Design (a faculty of Birmingham City University) in 2002. After University she moved to London and assisted various photographers. She works commercially for magazines and newspapers as well as making personal work.
Commissioned by Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery in 2009, Metson Scott made portraits of "local people with fascinating stories" for an exhibition at the gallery titled Tales from the City.
Over the course of two years she photographed a member of Great Britain's gymnastic squad, preparing for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London (at which time he was 12 years old). This work was exhibited at B Store in London in 2012.
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