Portraits 2

Portraits 2 is the second installment of Richmond Lam's exploration in portraiture since 2007. This body of work consists of subjects whom he had encountered through commercial assignments and personal friendships. Lam's subjects come from all walks of life and professions, with the common link that they are all creative people that fascinate him. In these images, Lam examines what motivates these individuals, their personalities, and how they present themselves in front of the camera. He is equally concerned with how to perceive and interpret his subjects through the photographic medium. Portraits 2 is made up of fifteen black & white photographic prints and will be shown at the Ctrllab from January 20th to 23rd.

Exhibit will include a silent auction as well as acoustic set by Dirty Wedding and DJ set by Mitz for the night of the vernissage, January 21st, from 7 - 11pm.


Richmond Lam is a freelance Montreal photographer working with portraiture and documentary images. Born in Hong Kong, Lam grew up in Montreal and attended Concordia University for design and later, Dawson College for photography. Since 2007, his work has been focused on documenting his environment and the people around him.

His emerging career and recent images of the ever-evolving Montreal music and fashion scene have already been recognized to local and international acclaim, as some of Lam's clients(to name a few) have included Alien8 Recordings, Pop Montreal festival, Universal Music Canada, Wunderbar as well as Publications from the likes of Nightlife, Vice, Eye Weekly, Naked Eye, Maclean's, L'Officiel Hommes and subjects that have included Xavier Dolan, Think About Life, The Stills, Kids in the Hall, Sam Roberts Band, Bloc Party & Melissa Auf der Maur.