Expert Commission on the X Photo Contest «The Most Beautiful Country», 2024

Head of the Visual Content Service of the publishing house “Argumenty i Facty” (eng. “Arguments and Facts”).

Photographer, honorary member of the Union of Photographers of Russia, member of the Union of Journalists of Russia and the International Association of Art of UNESCO. More than 60 solo exhibitions around the world.

Travel photographer. He shoots the most beautiful places in Russia and the world. He makes documentaries. He repeatedly went to sea on the “Kruzenshtern” sailing ship, took part in the expedition "Conquerors of the Cold". He is the author of two books about photography and creativity: Inspiration book, Inspiration book 2.0. Sony Russia Ambassador. Visited almost all the Kuril Islands.

Nature photographer, a member of the Union of Wildlife Photographers, the international creative association "Macro Club". Multiple finalist and winner of nature photography contests: "The Most Beautiful Country", "Golden Turtle", "Wildlife of Russia", "The Best Photos of Russia", and others. Organizer and participant of macrophotography exhibitions within the framework of Science Festivals in Moscow, the festival “Pristine Russia”.

News photojournalist. Sergei is a laureate of international and Russian photojournalism contests: Pictures of the Year (POY), World Media Summit Global Awards, the Andrey Stenin Contest, the award of the Union of Journalists of Russia "Golden Pen of Russia", The Best of Russia, "Energy of Victories", and the All-Russian contest of military photojournalism. He was awarded the Commendation Of the President of the Russian Federation.

Russian documentary photographer, member of the Union of Photographers of Russia, member of the Russian Geographical Society, teaches the Photojournalism course at Novosibirsk State University. Winner of the Andrey Stenin International Photojournalism Contest, "Young Photographers of Russia", Best of Russia, POYi, HIPA. Laureate of the scholarship of the Government of the Russian Federation for Young Cultural and Artistic Figures.

Works in various genres: portrait, reportage, architecture, subject photography. Teacher, founder of an online photography school, which has already been graduated by dozens of successful students around the world. Sony Alpha professional.

Co-owner, CEO and shareholder of Astra Group. The company creates and develops a reliable software stack of infrastructure and system software around the Astra Linux OS, which allows you to effectively solve the tasks of modern organizations when switching to domestic solutions.

Editor-in-chief of the magazine Prophotos.ru for more than ten years. Expert in photographic technology. An enthusiastic photographer and traveler, a member of the jury of many photo contests, the author of photography courses.

Photo editor of the on-board magazine “Aeroflot Premium”. Previously, the senior photo editor for the luxury travel magazine “Unique travel”.

Editor-in-chief of the magazine "Hidden Siberia". Member of the Union of Journalists of Russia. Laureate of the Award of the Union of Journalists of Russia "Golden Pen".

Photojournalist and photo editor. Lecturer at the Department of Photojournalism and Media Technologies, Faculty of Journalism at Lomonosov Moscow State University, School of Television. One of the founders of the Kommersant newspaper photo service.

Photo editor of print and online publications, currently works at the magazine "Profile". Previously, senior photo editor at the photo service of the publishing house “Kommersant”.

Editor-in-chief of the magazine “Discovery”.

Wildlife photographer and organizer of photo tours in Russia. Member of the Union of Wildlife Photographers, the Union of Photographers of Russia.
Winner and finalist of the photo contests "The Most Beautiful Country", "Golden Turtle", "Wild Nature of Russia" and others. Co-founder of the project PhotoJourneys.ru.

Member of the Board of the Union of Journalists of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast. Chairman of the Guild of Photojournalists of the Union of Journalists of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast.

Journalist, curator of large-scale photo projects such as the all-Russian project "YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHERS OF RUSSIA", "Photo Union: Unity", "The Best Photos of Russia", etc., professional photo editor, teacher and photography expert, chairman of the Moscow branch of the Union of Photographers of Russia, member of the jury of Russian and international competitions, founder and director of the School of Visual Arts, editor-compiler of eight photo albums.

Travel photographer from Dagestan with 10 years of experience. Sony Russia Ambassador, member of the Russian Explorers community.

Animal photographer. Member of the German Society for Nature Photography. Member of the International Union of Journalists and the Union of Journalists of Moscow. Member of the Russian Geographical Society. Founder and head of a special project for nature photographers and cinematographers "WILDANIMALSSAFARI.COM". Finalist of the international competition "Wildlife Photographer of the Year" 2015 (Great Britain) in the category "Amphibians and Reptiles".