Donnie Hedden
Donnie Hedden is a photojournalist based out of Santa Barbara. He’s grown up working on the family boat business and tagging along on landscape painting trips with his mother. Surfing quenches his thirst for thrill and joy, while offbeat towns and powered-down cell phones provide the opportunity to truly connect with people.
Filmmaking. Some people follow the storyboard, some follow their gut. Keith Malloy? Ten parts gut, zero parts plan. Well, I take that back. He’s got a plan, it’s just hard to discern it behind that beard. Fortunately, he’s got some friends (and a legendary wife) who know how to organize, use cameras, record sound, scuba dive…
We’re a little more than halfway through the tour here in the United States and can’t decide what’s worse: the summer heat down in the South or the demolition y’all do on your garments! Truthfully, we’re not fazed by either. We love the challenging repairs being thrown at us and don’t mind a bit of…
We’ve entered our sophomore year of touring, and I’d say the gathered experience of our ambitious freshman year are proving invaluable.
In the spring of 2015, Patagonia hired me to document a lively traverse across the United States—the Worn Wear tour. The story is as follows. “What in the heck is that thing you got there?” mutters a middle age lady smoking a cigarette out back of the service station. “It’s a mobile clothing repair wagon,” I…
