The glory of student athletes
Photo exhibit highlights dedication of Benilde athletes
Photo exhibit highlights dedication of Benilde athletes
Path to Glory, an exhibit of photographs taken by Miguel Sy, which features the hard work and dedication of the student-athletes of De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB), will open at 6 p.m. on Jan. 26 at the Sixth Floor gallery of the School of Design and Arts (SDA) campus. The show is curated by architect Gerry Torres.
Members from the Blazers’ 21 teams were handpicked to serve as representatives of their respective sports, such as arnis, athletics, badminton, basketball, chess, fencing, football, lawn tennis, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball, and the Pep Squad.
“This is an opportune time for the exhibit, it gives the members of the community a glimpse of the hardships of those who vie for honors,” says Robin
Serrano, Benilde’s VP for Advancement. “This all possible due to the guidance of our alumni who worked with us on this project, and the support that Smart Communications Inc. has extended to us all these years.”
Sy, a 2014 graduate of Benilde’s AB Photography program, was mentored by esteemed photographers Veejay
Villafranca, Andy Spyra, and Thies Rätzke. “This is what we don’t often see about players: their hard work, the point when they push themselves more just when they are about to give up.” he reveals.
He admits that working with nonprofessionals as models proved to be a challenge, although this enabled him to delve more into each athlete’s character. In Sy’s own words, the “photos were focused instead on their eyes and their body language, because these are at the heart of the picture.”
He now runs his own 361 Degrees studio. Path to Glory, which runs until March 25, is produced by the Center for Partnership and Resource Management (CPRM) and Center for Sports Development (CSD) through the Center for Campus Art (CCA). The exhibit is made possible through the collaboration of the Office of the Vice President for Advancement at DLS-CSB and Smart Communications Inc.