Reimagining the Origins of Winter Sports
A New Winter is a project from Colombian-American photographer Sofia Jaramillo that seeks to
This project revisits the early depictions of skiing, which often portrayed Eurocentric ideals and a narrow vision of who belongs on the slopes. By reimagining the first images of skiing in the United States, A New Winter challenges the stereotypes and exclusive culture perpetuated by these initial depictions, inviting us to expand our understanding of winter sports and celebrate its evolving culture. It seeks to disrupt traditional narratives, challenge stereotypes and promote representation in winter sports by placing people of color at the center of these images.
Several of the images were featured in Outside magazine, where Jaramillo says, “I’m doing this for all the young Black and brown girls and boys out there who don’t see themselves when they walk into a ski resort.”
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there's lots of cross country skiers of chinese heritage at cypress, west vancouver, canada but hardly any filipino heritage folks (certainly not many in their 60s like me :-) maybe 1 or 2 other regulars?!? ). In general, nordic events are even less diverse than alpine ones. i feel that i am representing :-) something every time I cross country ski, not sure what LOL
i've always been the only (or one of the few) persons of filipino heritage whenever i do a sport in Canada. It was super less diverse from roughly 1969-1981 when i played ice hockey in small town Ontario. Luckily I have always loved ice hockey and my new love since 2004 is cross country skiing enough to be able to ignore the looks of puzzlement (and sometimes worse) that i get then and now
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