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Giovanni Reda

Giovanni Reda

Photographer & Videographer

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. [1]
    "10-influential-skate-photographers". High Snobiety.
  2. [2]
    "The Rules of Skateboarding #5: Giovanni Reda". VILLAGE PSYCHIC. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  3. [3]
    Nicholson, Alex. "Juxtapoz Magazine – Giovanni Reda Leads a Vans Vision Walk in Los Angeles". www.juxtapoz.com. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  4. [4]
    Club, The Nine. "Giovanni Reda". The Nine Club. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  5. [5]
    "Wednesdays With Reda | Series | The Berrics". theberrics.com. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  6. [6]
    "Giovanni Reda Interview". TransWorld SKATEboarding. 2004-08-20. Retrieved 2019-12-01.


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