Sergey Gorshkov was born in a faraway Siberian village. 
Sergey has extensive field experience, he has been filming wildlife for over 20 years.
Sergey has received many awards for his works. 
He is the holder of two “Photographer of the year in Russia” awards, received in 2007 and 2012. 
In 2020 Sergey won the title of photographer of the year of the WPY 2020. 
In 2024, Sergey won the title of Photographer of the Year in the Italian «Bio Photo Contest». His personal project is Russia’s Wildlife.
Kamchatka, where he started shooting his first project.
Sergey's projects include shooting in the Russian Arctic, and he has worked extensively on the Chukchi Peninsula, Wrangel Island, the Taimyr Peninsula, the Putorana Plateau, Franz Josef Land, and the North Pole. Sergey Gorshkov 
* Initiator of the contest "The Most Beautiful Country",
* Founder of the Russian Union of Wildlife Photographers.
* From 2003 to 2023, he was the ambassador of Nikon's natural photography 
* Participated in the BBC photo and video projects "Frozen Planet", "Frozen Planet 2" and "Planet Earth 2".
* Curator of exhibitions in Moscow "BBC - Wildlife Photographer of the Year", "Wildlife of China", "Wildlife of Italy", "Wildlife of Finland", "Baikal"
* Member of the jury of the contests "Wildlife of Russia" and "Golden Turtle"
* The Arctic Fox with an Egg photo was selected as the "face" of the WPY competition in 2017 and was included in the top 50 main wildlife images of 2018 by National Geographic. 
* The photo of the Plosky Tolbachik volcano was included in the hundred best wildlife photos for 50 years according to the WPY competition. 
* Photos of a tiger and a polar bear have been included in the top 100 for the last 60 years according to the WPY competition
* Sergey's portfolio is included in the BBC book of stories of the best wildlife photographers of all time - "In the Wild. The Story of the World's Greatest photography" Sergey published 17 photo stories in the magazine "National Geographic Russia" 2004-2022. Sergey Gorshkov is the author of twelve personal photo albums
"The Bear" - 2007
"Kamchatka - Vanishing World" -2009
"Cat Walk" - 2014
«Animal» 2015
"Kamchatka Odyssey" - 2014, 2016
"The Russian Arctic. Wrangel Island" - 2017
"Putorana Plateau" - 2019
"Taimyr Peninsula" - 2019
"69th parallel" - 2020, 2022
"Russian North" -2021
"The Russian Arctic. Franz Josef Land" -2020, 2021
"Land of the Big Cats" -2025

Films
Three films have been made about Sergey's work.
"In Search of a Dream Shot"
"Taimyr"
"Embrace of the Amur Tiger"
Sergey filmed stories about Siberian tigers and Amur leopards for the BBC documentary "Frozen Planet 2" In 2020, Sergey received the title of "Photographer of the Year" at the most prestigious wildlife Photographer of the Year competition for Siberian tiger photography. One of Sergey's favorite photos was awarded the Wildlife Photographer of the Year award.