Director's foreword / Matthew Teitelbaum -- Preface / Tavi Gevinson -- Introduction / Suzy Lake -- Detroit, 1947-1968. Born in Detroit / Michelle Jacques -- Miss Chatelaine / Sara Angel -- Imitations of myself #1 / Gabriele Schor -- A genuine simulation of... / Robert Longo -- Montreal, 1968-1978. Arriving in Montreal / Sophie Hackett -- Suzy Lake as Françoise Sullivan / Ruth Noack -- The natural way to draw / Elizabeth Smith -- Choreographed puppets / William A. Ewing -- Toronto, 1978-Present. Home in Toronto / Georgiana Uhlyarik -- Are you talking to me? / Leslie John Stone -- Beauty at a proper distance/In song / Allyson Mitchell -- Rhythm of a true space / Lorraine O'Grady -- Afterword -- the studio / Suzy Lake -- Chronology, 1948-2014. From Detroit to Toronto / Anouchka Freybe -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- List of works -- Image captions -- Exhibition & book credits -- Photo credits.