Two new identities: Mother and Motherless. The collision of birth and death marks the inception of what has become a long-running commentary, nearly a decade in the making. In-Passing began in 2015, the year Lisa Sorgini became a mother to her first child, shortly followed by the loss of her mother to illness. Initially, the creation of images served as both a determined witness to a new reality and a therapeutic outlet for her grief and awe. The images are saturated with the profound metamorphosis that accompanies motherhood, representing the corporeal and psychological shifts that redefine the self.