Giovanni Reda

Giovanni Luigi Reda (born February 6, 1974) is a photographer, videographer, director and skate personality internationally recognized for his work in skateboarding.[1][2][3][4]

Early life

Reda is from Mill Basin, Brooklyn, and went to college in Atlanta. Reda talks with a strong New York accent and is known for his sarcasm and insulting humor.[3]

Skateboarding

The Berrics

As of 2012, Reda is the staff photographer for the skateboarding website The Berrics. From 2008 to 2011, Reda produced and starred in a weekly video known as Wednesdays With Reda.[5] In this show, he typically interviews people associated with the skateboarding industry, although he has done episodes involving celebrities or actors.[5] Reda's last Wednesdays with Reda was in 2017.[5]

Before working at The Berrics, Reda worked for multiple magazines, including Big Brother, Transworld Skateboarding, and Skateboarder Magazine.[6] Reda was also the chief photographer of the Zoo York skate team for a while.[6] In the 2000s, Giovanni Reda won Transworld Skateboarding Magazine's Photographer of the Year award (P.O.T.Y.).[6]

Games

Reda is also known for his appearance in the 2007 – 2010 series Skate. In all games excluding Skate 3, he appears as the cameraman. He records you doing the main goal of the games: get coverage from The Skateboard Mag and Thrasher.

References

  1. ^ "10-influential-skate-photographers". High Snobiety.
  2. ^ "The Rules of Skateboarding #5: Giovanni Reda". VILLAGE PSYCHIC. February 5, 2018. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Nicholson, Alex. "Juxtapoz Magazine – Giovanni Reda Leads a Vans Vision Walk in Los Angeles". www.juxtapoz.com. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  4. ^ Club, The Nine. "Giovanni Reda". The Nine Club. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Wednesdays With Reda | Series | The Berrics". theberrics.com. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c "Giovanni Reda Interview". TransWorld SKATEboarding. August 20, 2004. Retrieved December 1, 2019.


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