Exhibit displays 400 photos of UST from a student’s perspective

What is a 400-year-old academic institution from a student’s perspective?

 

The University of Santo Tomas, which is set to welcome its fifth century this month after a yearlong celebration of its Quadricentennial, will mount an exhibit dubbed “400 Shots to Immortality: Timeless Photographs of the University of Santo Tomas Towards its Neo-centennial.”

 

The exhibit will open on January 20 at the UST Museum of Arts and Sciences and it will run until February 10. Invited guests during the opening ceremonies include notable UST alumni, sculptor Ramon Orlina, cosmetic surgeon Vicky Belo and perfume maven Joel Cruz, among others.

 

The exhibit mirrors the University from a Thomasian student’s perspective. It could also be described as a tour of the UST campus—which has been declared as a national landmark by the National Museum—since it will display the unnoticed spaces and uncaptured locations of the 21.5-hectare campus.

 

With photographs produced by Architecture fifth year student Paul Allyson Quiambao, an Art Petron ‘hall of famer’ and appointed official photographer for the Quadricentennial celebrations, the exhibit captures and encapsulates the vitality and vibrancy of the University from a student’s point of view.

 

The exhibit, which will feature 40 rare photos of UST and 360 documentations of the UST life at large, is divided into eight sections.

 

“We Are the Champions” shows the thrust of the UST athletes to remain in the pedestal as it guns for its 14thconsecutive general championship title this year.

 

“Unguarded Moments” documents day-to-day vignettes of the Thomasian campus life.

 

“Showcase of Thomasian Culture” displays photos of annual affairs in UST, such as Paskuhan and the Baccalaureate Mass.  “Record Breaker” reviews the memories when the Philippines’ Catholic university formed the Largest Human Cross and eventually entered the Guinness World Records last year.

 

“Royal, Pontifical, Spectacular,” meanwhile, maps out the UST campus, showing all the UST landmarks at their most spectacular angles.

 

“UST in Paris” documents last year’s event when UNESCO paid tribute to UST’s Quadricentennial.

 

“Our Fathers” will give a glimpse of the Domicans’ life inside the university and “Quadricentennial Celebration” recaps the yearlong celebration of UST’s 400th anniversary.

 

Photos in the exhibit will be available for sale. Part of the proceeds will be donated to the victims of typhoon “Sendong,” and “Simbahayan,” the centerpiece project of the Quadricentennial celebration where UST will rehabilitate 400 villages through medical, literacy, community and peace “interventions.” Press release from UST