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@wingnoodles, 2025

Wing Noodles Ltd. was a legendary pillar of Montreal’s Chinatown that operated for 128 years before closing its historic Rue de la Gauchetière factory in late 2025. Founded in 1897 by Chinese immigrant Hee Chong Lee, the business evolved from a dry goods importer into Quebec’s largest manufacturer of Asian noodles and cookies, famously pioneering the world’s first bilingual English-French fortune cookies. In its final decades, the company was operated by third-generation brothers Garnet and Gilbert Lee, who grew up playing on the factory floor before spending over 50 years managing its operations. In addition to producing beloved food staples, Wing’s served as a crucial economic and social anchor for Montreal’s Chinese community, providing vital employment for waves of new immigrants and funding key institutions like the Montreal Chinese Hospital. The company’s vast corporate archives—which include a detailed ledger of nearly every Chinese restaurant to operate across Quebec—now serve as an irreplaceable historical record of early Chinese settlement, ensuring the family’s legacy remains deeply woven into the cultural fabric of Montreal.

This series of pictures was made in collaboration with the @jiafoundationmtl during the final days of production.

This Sunday August 23rd at @memmtl, curator and filmmaker Karen Cho will reflect on the process of transforming nearly 130 years of history into the living exhibition Wing Noodles – The Heart of Chinatown, as well as the process of capturing the company’s final weeks of production and legacy in a forthcoming documentary film. Go check it out!

#chinatownmontreal #WingNoodles taken in Chinatown, Montreal by @richmondlam

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Unscripted Elegance

This series explores the tension between design and modern motherhood.

Poised, fashion-forward woman inhabit curated yet lived-in interiors, where moments of spontaneity and childhood gently disrupt a world of elegance. Nothing is fixed, everything coexists.

It reveals a balance between aspiration and authenticity, where design meets life. A portrait of contemporary femininity shaped by identity, self-expression, and everyday complexity.

Talents: @jee.ish & family
Creative Direction: @richmondlam
Photographer: @richmondlam
Producer: @sim.lussier @chapitre.info
Stylist: @jayforest_
Set Designer: @vvvllljjj
HMUA: @lacostebrigitte
Photo Assistant: @themeriemabbes
Production Coordinator: @thebackyardjunkyard by @richmondlam

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Gisèle Pelicot, 2026

Quel honneur d’avoir eu l’occasion de rencontrer Mme Pelicot et d’en réaliser le portrait, merci @samputhputh @ellequebec 💛

« On doit arrêter de mettre les garçons sur un piédestal en leur donnant tout pouvoir. Moi, j’ai élevé mes enfants en leur disant qu’ils étaient égaux, responsables de leurs actes et de leur manière de se comporter dans la vie. Ne pas donner plus d’importance aux garçons qu’aux filles, c’est aussi une manière de vivre dans l’harmonie. » — Gisèle Pelicot

✏️@lauriedup
💄@jeanfrancoiscd by @richmondlam

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Portrait of artist @quanghainguyen_ 2026. by @richmondlam

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9 days ago

Riguel, 2026 by @richmondlam

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'For generations, @wingnoodles stood as a symbol of continuity in a neighbourhood shaped by constant change. Its landmark buildings stand within the heritage designated “institutional core” of the district, a block containing some of Chinatown’s richest heritage buildings, home to the longest standing institutional and community organizations, and holding significant potential for Chinatown’s future.

Today, as the Wing’s Block stands at the intersection of memory and possibility with Wing Noodles’ departure, Chinatown needs a clear vision to turn a potential crisis of uncertainty into an opportunity. To meet the end of this chapter for Chinatown, the @jiafoundationmtl launched the Wing’s Conservation Strategy, a two-part strategy that seeks to preserve and promote the legacy of Wing Noodles in our neighbourhood.'

Some images from the launch at Wing’s.

💛🥠 taken in Chinatown Montreal by @richmondlam

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Team portraits for design and motion studio @goodform.to 2026. by @richmondlam

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15 days ago

They will never be divided. by @richmondlam

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a month ago

Et Voilà!

The 💐Bouquet 💐 EP is out in the world and now it’s all yours 💛 I hope it brings softness and sweetness and brightly offers company to you while you’re listening 🌻

All my love to everyone who took part in this sweet little musical offering:

Voice, Guitar, Autoharp, Charango by moi
Upright bass by @benwhiteley
Strings by @drewjurecka and @kpoile
Woodwinds by @no0o0o0omi
Guitar by @to.let.you.know
Recorded by @woodandrewspei
Mixed by Andrew Woods and Howard Bilerman
Mastered by @harrisnewman12
Produced by myself and @woodandrewspei
EP Cover art by @laureltheartist

Press photo by my dream team pour toujours!
📷: @richmondlam
💄: @lacostebrigitte
👗: @vandersiebes

Grand merci à @secretcityrecords and @noahfralick for always encouraging me to follow the sounds I hear in my mind 💛 by @richmondlam

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Portraits d’équipe d'Entourage Conseils à l’image de leur approche : humaine, accessible et chaleureuse. Parce qu’en finance aussi, la confiance commence par une véritable connexion !

Team
Agence : @caserne
DC : @ugo.lachapelle
Désigner /DA : @lea_rivard
Service-conseil : @areystapleton
Photographe : @richmondlam
Assistante Photo : @themeriemabbes
Productrice : @sim.lussier by @richmondlam

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@wingnoodles, 2025

Wing Noodles Ltd. was a legendary pillar of Montreal’s Chinatown that operated for 128 years before closing its historic Rue de la Gauchetière factory in late 2025. Founded in 1897 by Chinese immigrant Hee Chong Lee, the business evolved from a dry goods importer into Quebec’s largest manufacturer of Asian noodles and cookies, famously pioneering the world’s first bilingual English-French fortune cookies. In its final decades, the company was operated by third-generation brothers Garnet and Gilbert Lee, who grew up playing on the factory floor before spending over 50 years managing its operations. In addition to producing beloved food staples, Wing’s served as a crucial economic and social anchor for Montreal’s Chinese community, providing vital employment for waves of new immigrants and funding key institutions like the Montreal Chinese Hospital. The company’s vast corporate archives—which include a detailed ledger of nearly every Chinese restaurant to operate across Quebec—now serve as an irreplaceable historical record of early Chinese settlement, ensuring the family’s legacy remains deeply woven into the cultural fabric of Montreal.

This series of pictures was made in collaboration with the @jiafoundationmtl during the final days of production.

This Sunday August 23rd at @memmtl, curator and filmmaker Karen Cho will reflect on the process of transforming nearly 130 years of history into the living exhibition Wing Noodles – The Heart of Chinatown, as well as the process of capturing the company’s final weeks of production and legacy in a forthcoming documentary film. Go check it out!

#chinatownmontreal #WingNoodles taken in Chinatown Montreal by @richmondlam

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