This week we welcome Douglas Friedman, the renowned photographer capturing America's most breathtaking interiors for Architectural Digest and Vogue. At 52, Friedman embodies creative reinvention—thriving in Manhattan's art world, Marfa's desert expanses, and amid his 150-year-old Long Island restoration project.
Episode Highlights:
Douglas's radical career pivot at 27—leaving David Fincher's film crew to travel Southeast Asia
The $10,000 in traveler's checks that changed everything
Finding patience and presence before the era of "constant input"
The decade-long Marfa love affair that everyone thought was crazy
Why his friend Martha Stewart at 80+ is his ultimate role model
The philosophy of the "high value day"—creative exhaustion vs. burnout
Explore how abandoning Hollywood transformed his artistic vision, why at 52 he's designing swimwear, restoring historic homes, and launching diverse creative ventures, and how his unconventional desert home "ringed by mountains" reshaped his identity.
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