Eric Gaydos Dot Com

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I’m Eric Gaydos, a photographer & product manager based in Chicago, IL.

I love to travel and capture what I see, whether to wide open spaces in the American West, or major cities around the world. I seek peace in movement, in solitude and quiet, and in the anonymity of visiting a far away place. I've always had a tendency toward escapism and a curiosity for just about everything, so I turn my wanderings into art.

I'd love to connect on Instagram or Threads.

The Milky Way is visible rising from the tree-lined horizon into the dark of the night sky, a clear band of almost infinite stars dense in the sky. A faint green sheen overlays the photo, which is a unique phenomenon called skyglow, visible after dark in only the least light polluted skies on earth.

Fluffy clouds are lit by lightning flashes in front of a deep blue sky filled with stars

Elaborately twisted storm clouds tower the city skyline, which is set to the right of the image seemingly rising from the choppy waters of Lake Michigan. The city is lit brightly, as the dark clouds of a storm blow away to reveal a sunny day. To the left of the image, a bright rainbow shines.

The image is the view from an overlook, showing a shallow bowl-shaped canyon filled with verdant green tall grasses and shrubs, which is strewn with rock formations that roll up from the land almost like sand dunes. .

The sky is filled with orange and pink tones, blending smoothly into the gentle waves of Lake Michigan where water meets sky. To the left of the image, the silouhette of a couple walking into the sunrise along the sharp lines of the concrete revetments that line the lakeshore.

Looking across a vast scene where the desert floor stretches into the distance before rising into rocky mountains. The flat desert is a rich green, punctured by many tall, spiky joshua trees and countless other plants and bushes.

The almost infinte stars that form the bands of the milky way galaxy swirl in the night sky over a mountainous horizon

A photograph of the silhouette of a large wind turbine against a dark blue sky speckled with stars emerging as the brilliant red and yellow sunset disappears over the horizon to the right.

A quick biography by way of fun facts:

🌎 I've been to 39 US states and 12 other countries.

🇲🇺 I once went viral in Mauritius when I helped redirect a misspelled tourism ad at Liverpool's Anfield Stadium.

🎥 My favorite movie is Paolo Sorrentino's La Grande Belleza, but I met my wife in an argument over the 1997 John Cusak classic Grosse Pointe Blank, which remains a close second.

🚴 I'm a runner and cyclist, and I closely follow pro cycling, Formula 1, soccer, and baseball. I ride a Trek Domane.

🇸🇰 My last name is Rusyn. I was born and raised in Pittsburgh where my mostly Slovak great-grandparents immigrated to work in mines and mills. I try to stay true to their legacy of honest hard work.