RISE ASCEND AWARDS

photos and art installation by: indie studios

“RISE presents the first annual ASCEND AWARDS, honoring Asian women and non-binary changemakers who have risen above societal limitations and are making the world a better place for us all. Around the world, AAPI women are leaders of change, but rarely do they receive recognition for the impact they catalyze.”

Awardees: Tina Leung and M Amy Ratanapakdee

Special thank you to the team at Rise, Amanda Nguyen and Cameron Marsh, Carrie Zhang and Ismary Guardarrama Perez 

Amanda Nguyen and Awardee Tina Leung at the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women at Hutong NYC Event phtography by Sam Bates © Indie Studios LLC 2023
Sponsor Remy Martin louis xiii cognac with an amber colored bottle in front of an art installation created by indie studios at hutong nyc © Indie Studios LLC 2023
A portrait of Chloe Flower at the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women who have risen above societal limitations and are making the world a better place. At Hutong NYC. Event photography by Andrew Tyler White, Art installation by Sam Bates. © IS
Entrance the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women who have risen above societal limitations and are making the world a better place. At Hutong NYC. Event photography by Andrew Tyler White, Art installation by Sam Bates. © Indie Studios LLC 2023.
A portrait of Amanda Nguyen at the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women who have risen above societal limitations and are making the world a better place. At Hutong NYC. Event photography by Andrew Tyler White, Art installation by Sam Bates. © IS
Chloe Flower, Amanda Nguyen and Bi Nguyen at the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women at Hutong NYC Event photography by Andrew Tyler White © Indie Studios LLC 2023
A portrait of Chloe Flower at the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women who have risen above societal limitations and are making the world a better place. At Hutong NYC. Event photography by Andrew Tyler White, Art installation by Sam Bates. © IS
Phoebe More passes out her sketches at the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women at Hutong NYC Event photography by Andrew Tyler White © Indie Studios LLC 2023
A portrait of honoree Tina Leung at the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women at Hutong NYC Event photography by Andrew Tyler White, Art installation by Sam Bates. © Indie Studios LLC 2023.
Grammy Award winning cellist Noelia Carrasco performs at the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women at Hutong NYC Event photography by Andrew Tyler White © Indie Studios LLC 2023
Amanda Nguyen and Awardee Tina Leung in front of a gold art install at the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women at Hutong NYC Event phtography by Sam Bates © Indie Studios LLC 2023
Candid group event photography by andrew tyler white and sam bates. event photography by indie studios at hutong nyc
A candid event photo of andrew tyler white captured by sam bates at the rise ascend awards at the Hutong NYC restaurant
Cameron Marsh and Amanda Nguyen Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women at Hutong NYC Event photography by Sam Bates © Indie Studios LLC 2023
Amanda Nguyen and Awardee Tina Leung at the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women at Hutong NYC Event phtography by Sam Bates © Indie Studios LLC 2023
Tina Leung wearing Miu Miu high heals on blue carpet at the rise Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women at Hutong NYC Event photography by Sam Bates © Indie Studios LLC 2023
Bi Nguyen, Daniel Martin Amanda Nguyen Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women at Hutong NYC Event photography by Sam Bates © Indie Studios LLC 2023
A box and glasses of Remy Martin louis xiii cognac at the Hutong NYC product photography by Andrew Tyler White © Indie Studios LLC 2023
Candid event photo of Erica Lee and Prabal Gurung at the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women at Hutong NYC Event photography by Sam Bates © Indie Studios LLC 2023
Carrie Zhang and Lucy Feldman at the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women at Hutong NYC Event photography by Andrew Tyler White © Indie Studios LLC 2023
A candid event photo during the dinner of the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women at Hutong NYC Event photography by Andrew Tyler White © Indie Studios LLC 2023
Abstract fine art photography by Sam Bates of crystal glasses of Remy Martin louis xiii cognac © Indie Studios LLC 2023
Amanda Nguyen gives a speech at the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women at Hutong NYC Event photography by Sam Bates © Indie Studios LLC 2023
Tina Leung gives a speech at the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women at Hutong NYC Event photography by Andrew Tyler White © Indie Studios LLC 2023
A sketch of Amanda Nguyen by Phoebe More at the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women at Hutong NYC Event photography by Sam Bates © Indie Studios LLC 2023
Monthanus gives a speech at the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women at Hutong NYC Event photography by Andrew Tyler White © Indie Studios LLC 2023
Amanda Nguyen and Monthanus hug white the room claps in the foreground Daniel Martin at the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women at Hutong NYC Event photography by Sam Bates © Indie Studios LLC 2023
Glasses of Remy Martin louis xiii cognac served by a waiter at the Hutong NYC product photography by Sam Bates © Indie Studios LLC 2023
Amanda Nguyen announcing the honorees Tina Leung and Monthanus with Chloe Flower at the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women at Hutong NYC Event photography by Andrew Tyler White © Indie Studios LLC 2023
Amanda Nguyen and Chloe Flower laugh at dinner during the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women at Hutong NYC Event photography by Sam Bates © Indie Studios LLC 2023
A candid abstract photo of the dinner during the Amanda Nguyen gives a speech at the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women at Hutong NYC Event photography by Sam Bates © Indie Studios LLC 2023
Amanda Nguyen and others cheers at the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women at Hutong NYC Event photography by Sam Bates © Indie Studios LLC 2023
A candid table scape photograph at Hutong Nyc at the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women Event photography by Andrew Tyler White © Indie Studios LLC 2023 in the background Laura Kim can be seen laughing
Glasses of Remy Martin louis xiii cognac served by a waiter at the Hutong NYC product photography by Sam Bates © Indie Studios LLC 2023
Food at the Hutong restaurant in NYC at the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women at Hutong NYC photography by Andrew Tyler White © Indie Studios LLC 2023
A candid photo of Prabal Gurung, Tina Leung and Laura Kim having a conversation at dinner during the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women at Hutong NYC Event photography by Andrew Tyler White © Indie Studios LLC 2023
Interior of the stairwell at the hutong nyc restaurant photographed by Sam Bates © Indie Studios LLC 2023
Awardees Monthanus and Tina Leung holding their sketches by Phoebe More at the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women at Hutong NYC Event photography by Andrew Tyler White © Indie Studios LLC 2023
Prabal Gurung and Tina Leung as they depart the hutong restaurant in NYC after the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women at Hutong NYC Event photography by Sam Bates © Indie Studios LLC 2023
The Slaysians, Ezra J. William, Laura Kim, Prabal Gurung, and Tina Leung at the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women at Hutong NYC Event photography by Andrew Tyler White © Indie Studios LLC 2023
Amanda Nguyen chats with Daniel Martin and Christine Chang at the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women at Hutong NYC Event photography by Andrew Tyler White © Indie Studios LLC 2023
Carrie Zhang at the Rise Ascend Awards honoring Asian women at Hutong NYC Event photography by Sam Bates © Indie Studios LLC 2023
Sam Bates and Andrew Tyler White the founders of the Indie Studios art collective at the rise ascend awards honoring aapi women at the Hutong restaurant in NYC