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Into the Archives with Sofia Jaramillo, Terumi Murao, and Ellie Norman In-Person
Growing up Colombian American in Sun Valley, Sofía Jaramillo spent time in and around the historical Sun Valley Lodge. In 2020, she was roaming the halls when she noticed that the photographs primarily featured white individuals. Drawn to the aesthetics of these 1930s–1950s winter sports photographs, Jaramillo pulled together a community of people of color in the outdoor and fashion industries as well as athletes from all over the United States to recreate these historical images of ski culture in Sun Valley. Posing on skis, relaxing with food and drinks at a lodge, or sitting back in Sun Valley’s iconically warm and bright winter sunshine, Jaramillo’s figures radiate joy, pride, and strength in the nostalgic, mountain atmosphere characteristic of après-ski. In creating the images that Jaramillo wishes she had seen as a kid, A New Winter encourages conversation around the origin of winter sports culture, offering a reimagined history and hopeful future that celebrates the richness and variety of those who contribute to it.
Join Sofía Jaramillo, project stylist Terumi Murao, Wood River Museum Collections Specialist Ellie Norman, and moderator Martha Williams for a conversation on the way that Jaramillo and Murao found inspiration in the Library’s archives, and the historic artifacts our Jeanne Rodger Lane Center for Regional History and Wood River Museum of History and Culture made available for use in her project: from historic photographs to ski apparel and gear.
Presented in partnership with the Sun Valley Museum of Art and OCHI Gallery. A New Winter is on display at OCHI from March 14 - May 2, 2025. Several pieces are also part of the SVMoA exhibit Snow Show: Winter Now, January 24 - April 2, 2025.
This program will be livestreamed and available to view later. Click here to watch online.
A reception at OCHI, 119 Lewis Street in Ketchum, will follow the program.
Image courtesy of OCHI, "A New Team," Sofía Jaramillo, 2024.
- Date:
- Wednesday, March 19, 2025
- Time:
- 5:30pm - 6:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Mountain Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- John A. and Carole O. Moran Lecture Hall
- Campus:
- The Community Library
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Lectures & Conversations Regional History
Sofía Jaramillo is a Colombian American filmmaker and photographer who reimagines the strategies of representation by recreating influential historical media—including her current project, which explores the origins of winter sports culture. Blending portraiture and storytelling, Jaramillo features BIPOC+ and gender-nonconforming people, celebrating their narratives and uplifting their voices as she manifests the inclusive visual media, she wishes her younger self could have seen. With a background in editorial photography that often necessitated solitude while on assignment, Jaramillo’s artistic practice delights in communal creative spaces that bring together the knowledge sets, skills, imaginations, and motivations of a diverse array of artistic partners. Working closely with a growing team of like-minded collaborators who operate at the highest levels within the fields of production, styling, and modeling, Jaramillo creates new media visions that radiate the collective joys of being human, being in community, and being in nature.
Jaramillo earned her BA From Seattle University in Washington. She has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards for her photography including the National Geographic Society Explorers Grant, Center for Photography’s Blue Earth Fiscal Sponsorship Award, Protect Our Winters Creative Alliance Grant, AI-AP American Photography 39, and an invitation to present at the Review Santa Fe Photo Symposium. Jaramillo’s films have been screened at venues and festivals including National Geographic Short Film Showcase, Mountain Film Festival, Banff Film Festival, Sun Valley Film Festival, and DC Environmental Film Festival. Jaramillo’s editorial collaborators include The New York Times, National Geographic, Wall Street Journal, Outside Magazine, and The Huffington Post, and she has previously worked with The North Face, Arc’teryx, Patagonia, Stetson, and Ford, among others. Jaramillo’s personal projects have been featured and reviewed in publications including National Geographic, Backcountry Magazine, The New York Times, The Washington Post Magazine, Adventure Journal, Lenscratch, and Outside Magazine. Jaramillo lives and works in Sun Valley, Idaho.
Alana Terumi Murao is a New York City-based stylist and creative director in ethical and sustainable fashion. She believes in finding creative new ways to give back to community through fashion and styling. Her passion for the environment and its gifts to the human soul drive her to practice sustainably. She styles exclusively with secondhand clothing. She is passionate about elevating underrepresented groups in fashion and helping people find their own creative confidence and expression. She works with large corporations, nonprofits, startups, and individuals, and brings bright energy and a go-getter attitude to every project.
Ellie Norman is the Collections Specialist at Wood River Museum of History and Culture. She has been with the museum for a year and half and oversees all aspects of collection management. During her time here, she facilitated the move of the museum's 5,000 objects and has been instrumental in upgrading the collections database and improving the cataloging of the collection. She holds a BA in Art History and Sociology from Mount Holyoke College and an MFA in Museum Studies from Syracuse University where she served as a graduate teaching assistant. In addition to her work as the Collections Specialist at the Wood River Museum, she has done collections and gallery work at several art museums and served as a library archives assistant focused on book preservation.