White-Red is study of an everchanging nation's self-image, shown through a prism of how a comunnity relates to its national symbols. For the author, to analyze a political and a cultural transformation means to thoughtfully document processes of en erosion and a growth of social bonds. By temperament, Marek Lapis is an ethnologist, an archeologist, an archivist, and a historian. The photographer took 9 years to complete White-Red. Early on in his project, the flag turned from an object of study into a keyword for an analysis, of the transfof collective identities in Poland.Sacrum and profanum
Awards 1st place in competition BZ WBK PRESS FOTO 2013- category: Art and Culture: reportage
3st place in competition PROCESSING PROJECT FIRST EDITION 2013 - CRACOW
Finalist in I PHOTO COMPETITION - "Leica Street Photo. The moment there is only one" 2011 - Leica Gallery Warsaw
Finalist in II COMPETITION - "Leica Street Photo. The moment there is only one" 2012 - Leica Gallery Warsaw
2st place in Photo Competition - "Flag of the Republic of Poland" pod patronatem prezydenta Polski Bronisława Komorowskiego - Warsaw 2012
3 st place in Photo Contest Wielkopolska Press Photo 2012
3 x honorable mention in Photo Contest Wielkopolska Press Photo 2012
