Bob Chwedyk

Staff Photographer
  • Phone(847) 769-4942
  • Emailbchwedyk@dailyherald.com

Bob Chwedyk has been a staff photographer with the Daily Herald since 1984. Over the years, he has provided photo coverage of six NBA titles, NFL and MLB playoffs, baseball spring training, football training camp, two political conventions, and events both large and small, including business, features, sports and general news in and around the Northwest suburbs and Chicago. He has photographed six U.S. presidents, Fortune 500 CEOs, and celebrities such as Muhammad Ali, Bob Hope, Allen Ginsberg, and Yoko Ono. His work was included in the citywide "Chicago in the Year 2000" photo project documenting the city of Chicago in the new millennium.

Bob has received awards from the Illinois Press Photographers Association, the National Press Photographers Association, The Associated Press and a Peter Lisagor Award from the Chicago Headline Club. Bob graduated from the University of Illinois, Chicago with a BA in Design and Photography, and later earned an MBA from the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. He has been an adjunct photo instructor at the College of Lake County in Grayslake since 2006.

A native Chicago Southwest Sider and loyal White Sox and Blackhawks fan, Bob enjoys playing guitar in his spare time and chillin' out on his favorite lake in the Northwoods of Wisconsin with his wife Kathy.

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Moving Picture: Mundelein Holocaust survivor finds past

Jan 26 2013 | 9:28 am - It took 45 years, but Adam Paluch finally found out who he was. The Mundelein man is a holocaust survivor. "The Dolebski family that raised me said I was a Jew, this bothered me and I started to run away from home to look for my true family," Paluch...

Moving Picture: Vinyl rules at Barrington record shop

Oct 12 2012 | 9:36 am - John Thominet is a true vinyl junkie. Since his first purchase of "Surfin’ Safari" by The Beach Boys as a 9-year-old, he’s been hopelessly hooked on wax tracks. His Rainbow Records store in Barrington is jam-packed with thousands of LPs,...

Moving Picture: Lombard man fights to stop hunger

Jul 06 2012 | 9:46 am - Rich Direnzo of Lombard is a 'super volunteer' at Feed My Starving Children in Schaumburg, helping to pack meals for malnourished kids around the globe.  "This seemed like a much more needed organization, this was immediate, if these people aren't...

Feed My Starving Children invites families to volunteer

Jun 13 2012 | 10:57 am - Feed My Starving Children, a local charity that packages nutritionally complete meals for hungry people in 70 countries, is a popular choice for families and groups looking for a volunteer opportunity.

Moving Picture: 50 years of Wauconda barbershop stories

Mar 24 2012 | 7:34 am - Tony Castelluccio may have cut more hair in Wauconda than anyone. Working out of Tony's Barber Shop on Main Street since 1964, his shop is a collection of memorabilia both on his walls, and in the stories he tells of customers who sat in his chair.

How Central Continental bakes love into its treats

Dec 16 2011 | 2:12 pm - Behind the scenes of well-known bake shop Central Continental Bakery in Mount Prospect where employees are busy making many of the holiday treats that will be enjoyed in coming weeks.

Libertyville marine gets hero's welcome home

Nov 15 2011 | 3:26 pm - Marine Cpl. Paul Marqui received the rock star treatment Tuesday when he arrived home atop a Libertyville fire truck, and escorted by the Warriorswatch Riders, after completing a tour of duty in Afghanistan. After being greeted by Libertyville Mayor...

Circus elephants parade through Rosemont, Des Plaines

Nov 02 2011 | 12:51 pm - Orchard Place Elementary School students in Des Plaines were paid a visit Thursday by the biggest stars of the Greatest Show on Earth. Nine performing pachyderms from the latest edition of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus stopped in at...

A look at how apple cider is made in Maple Park

Sep 23 2011 | 10:48 pm - A behind-the-scenes look at Kuipers Family Farm in Maple Park during its peak season: the apple harvest. See exactly how all that delicious apple cider is made for the fall weekend crowds.

Folk singer entertains kids in Gurnee concert

Aug 10 2011 | 2:42 pm - On a hot and steamy August morning, children's performer Karen Jordan strummed out catchy, upbeat tunes on her Taylor acoustic guitar in front of nearly 300 kids, moms and dads at the Viking Park Bandshell in Gurnee.

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