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
[edit]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
[edit]The Berrics
[edit]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
[edit]Reda is also known for his appearance in the Skate video game series. From the first game in 2007 until Skate 3 in 2010 he appears as the camera man and records the player character doing the main goals of the games (except for Skate 3 where he hands the role to returning Skate character Shingo).
References
[edit]- ^ "10-influential-skate-photographers". High Snobiety.
- ^ "The Rules of Skateboarding #5: Giovanni Reda". VILLAGE PSYCHIC. February 5, 2018. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
- ^ a b Nicholson, Alex. "Juxtapoz Magazine – Giovanni Reda Leads a Vans Vision Walk in Los Angeles". www.juxtapoz.com. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
- ^ Club, The Nine. "Giovanni Reda". The Nine Club. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Wednesdays With Reda | Series | The Berrics". theberrics.com. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Giovanni Reda Interview". TransWorld SKATEboarding. August 20, 2004. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
External links
[edit]- Berrics bio Archived 2009-06-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Transworld – Interview
- Reda's Bobshirt interview
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