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Priya Kapoor

Priya Kapoor has contributed to Light & Composition since 2010. Her Reflections approach photography through the body rather than the mind — opening with something tasted, smelled, or touched before arriving at the image itself. Priya writes about memory as it lives in the hands and the throat, not the intellect. Her pieces have a physical texture that readers describe as something closer to sensation than to reading.

1,125 Published Reflections

Reflections by Priya Kapoor

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The Grain of Secrets Photo of the Day
February 21, 2018

The Grain of Secrets

The smell of dry rot is a specific kind of silence. It is the scent of wood that has forgotten its own name, turning back into earth while the sun beats against it. I remember pressing my palm against a door just like that—the surface was rough, splintered, and warm, a texture that felt like […]
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The Iron Pulse of Memory Photo of the Day
February 20, 2018

The Iron Pulse of Memory

The smell of rusted metal always brings me back to the humid afternoons of my childhood, where the air tasted of ozone and damp earth. I remember the sensation of pressing my palm against a cold, weathered rail—the vibration of something distant, a low hum that traveled through my skin and settled deep into my […]
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The Weight of Waiting Photo of the Day
February 16, 2018

The Weight of Waiting

There is a specific grit to old metal that stays under your fingernails long after you have pulled your hand away. It tastes of iron and cold rain, a sharp, metallic tang that lingers on the tongue like a forgotten promise. I remember the sensation of leaning against a rusted fence, the surface rough and […]
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The Hum of Stone Photo of the Day
February 5, 2018

The Hum of Stone

The air at dusk has a specific weight, a cooling dampness that clings to the skin like a damp wool sweater. I remember the feeling of running my palms along the rough, sun-warmed granite of old city walls, the stone vibrating with the low, rhythmic hum of a day finally exhaling. There is a scent […]
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The Weight of Sweetness Photo of the Day
February 2, 2018

The Weight of Sweetness

The smell of burnt sugar always brings me back to a kitchen that no longer exists, where the air was thick with the scent of toasted nuts and cooling cocoa. It is a heavy, velvet smell that clings to the back of the throat, a reminder of afternoons spent waiting for the center of a […]
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The Weight of Shared Breath Photo of the Day
January 10, 2018

The Weight of Shared Breath

There is a specific, humid silence that lives in the deep woods, the kind that tastes of wet bark and decaying leaves. It is a heavy, velvet air that presses against your skin, making you feel small and porous. I remember sitting on a mossy log once, so still that the forest stopped holding its […]
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The Salt on the Bark Photo of the Day
December 30, 2017

The Salt on the Bark

The air near the water always tastes like iron and wet stone. I remember the feeling of pressing my palms against the rough, peeling skin of a sapling, the bark gritty and cool, holding the dampness of the morning mist. There is a specific ache in the joints when you stand still for too long, […]
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The Weight of Paper Dreams Photo of the Day
December 25, 2017

The Weight of Paper Dreams

The smell of old newsprint always brings me back to the damp corners of a city market, where the air is thick with the scent of wet pavement and cheap ink. It is a dry, chalky smell that clings to the back of your throat, a reminder of things that are meant to be held […]
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The Hum of Stained Glass Photo of the Day
December 24, 2017

The Hum of Stained Glass

There is a particular stickiness to the air when the sun begins to retreat, a heavy, golden syrup that clings to the skin. I remember the taste of a summer evening like that—the metallic tang of a copper railing under my palm, cooling as the shadows stretched long and thin across the pavement. It is […]
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The Sharpness of Stillness Photo of the Day
December 20, 2017

The Sharpness of Stillness

There is a specific kind of silence that tastes like cold metal—the metallic tang of a held breath before a plunge. I remember standing by the riverbank as a child, the damp moss clinging to the soles of my feet, my skin prickling with the humidity of the coming rain. Everything in the world seemed […]
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The Dust of Echoes Photo of the Day
December 18, 2017

The Dust of Echoes

The smell of dry earth after a long drought is a specific kind of hunger. It is the scent of stone that has forgotten the touch of rain, a sharp, mineral grit that settles at the back of the throat. I remember running my palms over the rough, sun-baked walls of my childhood home, feeling […]
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The Texture of Stillness Photo of the Day
December 18, 2017

The Texture of Stillness

The smell of damp bark always pulls me back to the woods behind my childhood home, where the air felt thick with the secret, frantic energy of things that cannot sit still. I remember the rough, splintered grain of old fence posts against my palms, the wood warm from the sun but tasting of rain […]
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