Becoming is a concept derived from philosophy which considers change in itself as process and transition from a state to another. It refers to the transformation and changes in one's way of being. Change is inevitable and an essential part of the world. This project is about emigration, in particular from Portugal to northern Europe. I was interested on ideas of hybrid identity, by exploring concepts of the third space and the Old and the New, the polarity of living in-between cultures, languages and borderlines. According to some scholars, the third space is an interaction and articulation between two or more cultures and languages. The Old and the New are states of being, and negotiations between social, national, geographic and linguistic spaces. Emigrants are Beings in motion in this New socio-and-geo-cultural context and they are located in the territory between the Old which is part of them and the New which is becoming part of them. My aim was to explore photographically these complex intersections, which deem change in itself as process and transition from a state to another; by dealing with feelings of mobility, duplicity, rupture and identity. Virgílio Ferreira is a Portuguese photographer and lives in the UK. In 2012 he gained an MA in photography at the University of Brighton. His work has been widely exhibited in Europe, The Middle East, The United States, and South-East Asia. Between 2007 and 2012 some of the most recognised exhibitions have taken place at the Hight House Gallery (UK); Format Festival (UK); Módulo Gallery (Lisbon); Empty Quarter Gallery (Dubai), Ofoto Gallery (Shanghai), Museu da Imagem (Braga, Portugal), Southeast Museum of Photography (U.S.A.), Portuguese Centre of Photography, the 2nd Fotofestival Mannheim (Germany), Fotofestiwal Lodz (Poland), 10th Photography Festival (Aleppo, Syria), Royal College of Art (London), Berllaymont, (Bruxelas), Pipfestival (China), 19th International Photography Meeting Thesssaloniki (Greece) and the BAC Festival at the Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (Spain) as well as Madridfoto (Spain), Photo LA and Photo Miami (U.S.A.). He has published three projects in books entitled, 'Daily Pilgrims', 'We and The Others', and 'Rainbow'; and has had work published in international magazines, photo art blogs, and webzines such as European Photography; The Guardian UK; Katalog-Museum for Fotokunst Brandts; Hey, Hot Shot; 1000 Words Photography; Lens Culture; Eye Curious; Mrs Deane; Heading East and Artephotographica. Virgílio's work is held in public collections, including the Hahnemuhle Anniversary Collection, Germany; the Southeast Museum of Photography, USA; the National Collection of Photography, Portgual; Lodz Art Center, Poland and the University of Coimbra, Portugal.