Giovanni Reda

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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]

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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. [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's Photographer of the Year award (P.O.T.Y.). [6]

Games

Reda is also known for his appearance in the Skate video game series. In all games excluding Skate 3 , he appears as the cameraman. He records the player character doing the main goals of the games.

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. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 "Wednesdays With Reda | Series | The Berrics". theberrics.com. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  6. 1 2 3 "Giovanni Reda Interview". TransWorld SKATEboarding. August 20, 2004. Retrieved December 1, 2019.


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