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.

Happy to connect on Bluesky, Strava, or Instagram.

An image of the bright moon with a cookie-bite shadow cast across its lower left corner as a lunar eclipse unfolds

A large, sand colored arch made of rock sits on top of a ledge of the same material with snow-covered mountain peaks in the background

A massive, rolling sand dune is lit just on its highest curves as the sun rises, and behind it, a line of high, sharp, craggy mountaintops are being illuminatd, revealing snowcapped peaks

A street lined with three or four story stucco buildings leads the viewer to the Colosseum, a section visible with white ancient stone with layers arches and colums, the morning light shining through brightly from behind.

The night sky with many stars visible is glowing with green streaks on the left mixing with red streaks on the right, visible above a thin strip of Lake Michigan.

The sunrise has turned the sky orange above the deep, shining blue water of Lake Michigan, rolling gently. This cuts the photo in half horizontally between deep orange and bright blue. A pair of people are sitting on a paddleboard on the lake in the distance, watching the sunrise.

A small dirt path winds down a mountainside into a rolling green valley, an oval Alpine lake to the left, and directly ahead across the valley numerous rocky mountain peaks can be seen. Everything is covered in scattered small patches of snow.

A snow-covered mountain shrounded in white fluffy clouds rises behind the earth-colored tile and paint of Madrid rooftops.

A quick biography by way of fun facts:

🌎 I've been to 41 US states and 14 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.