Laurie Long

Detective work figured prominently in 'Becoming Nancy Drew', a body of work in which I physically transformed myself into the famous girl sleuth from children's literature and placed myself in photographic tableaux based on engravings from the books.

Each Nancy Drew photograph is one part of a triptych that also includes a pinhole photograph from the scene and the caption from the original engraving. The three pieces within each triptych coexist as mysterious, cryptic, and familiar elements that work together to confront and expand the boundaries surrounding memory, identity and personal narrative.