STORY BY KAREN BOSSICK

PHOTOS COURTESY of OCHI and SOFIA JARAMILLO

Sofia Jaramillo will discuss how she used The Community Library’s archives and the historic artifacts in the library’s museum and Center for Regional History for her project reimagining historic Sun Valley ski photos on Wednesday.

Jaramillo, who grew up Colombian American in Sun Valley and has contributed work to National Geographic, will discuss her project at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, at The Community Library. She will be joined by her project stylist Terumi Murao, Wood River Museum Collections specialist Ellie Norman and moderator Martha Williams.

“Sunbathing” recreates a scene taken about 80 years ago.

A reception will follow from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at OCHI Gallery, 119 Lewis St. in Ketchum’s light industrial district. OCHI is displaying photographs from Jaramillo’s “A New Winter” through May 2. Several pieces can also be seen at the Sun Valley Museum of Art’s exhibit “Snow Show: Winter Now” through April 2.

Attendees are encouraged to wear vintage apres ski clothing, if possible, said Katie Feldman, of OCHI.

Jaramillo was inspired to recreate Sun Valley’s vintage photographs using people of color after noticing that the photographs in the halls of the Sun Valley Lodge featured white individuals, with the exception of the trumpet great Louis Armstrong.

The pictures told the world what skiing in America looked like in the 1930s through the 1950s, and they largely excluded people from different racial and cultural backgrounds.

This photograph features Judith Kasmiama, a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who is now a Canadian citizen.

Recognizing that those photographs do not represent the people seen on the slopes today, she recreated the historical images of ski culture in Sun Valley with models from today’s outdoor and fashion industries, as well as athletes.

Among them: Supermodel and founder of Native Youth Outdoors Quannah Rose Chasinghorse from Alaska; Judith Kasiama, the founder of Colour the Trails in Vancouver, and stylist/casting director Terumi Murao from New York.

Jaramillo drew on The Jeanne Rodger Lane Center for Regional History and Wood River Museum of History and Culture for historic photographs, ski apparel and gear. She, her models, producers and stylists spent the spring of 2023 and 2024 on Baldy and at other sites to create images that celebrate diverse cultures through the lens of the historical ski photographs.

Jaramillo’s photographs have appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Outside Magazine. Additionally, her films have been screened at the National Geographic Short Film Showcase, Mountain Film Festival, Banff Film Festival and Sun Valley Film Festival.

Sofia Jaramillo called this photograph, featuring a blouse with the Union Pacific emblem, “Seven Generations.”

RSVP to see the presentation in person at https://thecommunitylibrary.libcal.com/event/13038502. The program will also be livestreamed and available to watch later at https://vimeo.com/event/4939878.

The OCHI reception does not need a reservation.

Sofia Jaramillo photographed “A Celebration of 2024” on the deck of Sun Valley’s Roundhouse Restaurant.