Douglas Friedman was always destined to live a big life—the jet-setting photographer just happens to do it from a small West Texas town (population 1,750) located about 200 miles from the closest major airport. Granted, the town is Marfa, the high-desert home of the famed ghost lights, a Prada installation that’s become a must-snap for every single Instagram influencer, and a cavalcade of respected artists such as sculptor and painter Donald Judd, plein-air painter Rackstraw Downes, and digital drawer Jeff Elrod.
For Friedman, coming home to the middle of nowhere has become a much-needed respite after criss-crossing the world. “I’m always sad to leave and so excited to come back,” he says. “Marfa
