Mikhail Potapov — the winner of the Grand Prix, according to the results of the OneEyeland Photography Awards 2019, was recognized as the best photographer of the year; — winner of the golden crystal sphere Siena Pangea Prize for first place in the Creative Photo Awards 2020 — "Open Theme"; — the works have received over 100 international awards; — the works were exhibited at exhibitions held in Germany, Italy, France, Australia, Hungary, Malaysia and China. In particular, at the Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC), the participant of the exhibition, which was simultaneously covered by 7 Chinese TV channels, was awarded the opportunity to participate in the exhibition at the Parliament building in Sydney, in Italy the works were shown at a charity exhibition in favor of the Italian Association for Cancer Research, and also took part in the festival "I Wonder if You Can" in Siena in the fortress of the Medici family (Fortezza Medicea); — publications in such publications as: Forbes.com, The Washington Post, National Geographic USA and others; — publications in magazines and exclusive catalogs: "Planeta Único" 2020 (unique planet) Barcelona, "Emerging Talents of the Year 2020/2021" The Independent Photographer (The United Kingdom), "Digital Photographer" (The United Kingdom), "Australian Photography", "1X Photo Book", "The Best Of Russia 2017"; — He has repeatedly become a member of the judging panel in photo contests, one of which was held at the Faculty of Arts of the National University of Argentina. — Since 2018, Mikhail Potapov has been a member of the team of chief curators of the exclusive online gallery 1x.com , which includes world-class experts from institutions such as Sotheby's, surrealist artists, professional photographers with the highest qualifications of professionalism and a master's degree from MQEP.