Riccardo Ghilardi has been a photographer since 2002, specializing in portraiture in 2006. Riccardo joined Contour by Getty Images in 2011 and has worked at the most important film festivals in Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Rome as well as the Oscars in Los Angeles. Having shot celebrities such as Carrie Fisher, Al Pacino, Wim Wenders, Helen Mirren, Milla Jovovic, Tilda Swinton – he overall loves the exchange of energy taking place during a shoot. Today, we go behind the scenes at #VeniceFilmFestival with #contourbygetty photographer Riccardo Ghilardi (riccardoghilardi). Director of Entertainment at Getty Images christine_pettinger caught up with Riccardo during a shoot with James Franco yesterday #GettyVenice #Venezia73 #Takeover