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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 Weight of Earth Photo of the Day
August 29, 2017

The Weight of Earth

There is a specific coolness to unglazed clay that pulls the heat right out of your fingertips. I remember the grit of it, a fine, powdery dust that settles into the creases of your skin, smelling faintly of rain on dry stone. It is the scent of a place that has been waiting for water. […]
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Salt on the Skin Photo of the Day
August 18, 2017

Salt on the Skin

The air near the water always tastes of brine and sun-baked wood. I remember the feeling of sand, coarse and stubborn, wedged between my toes after a long afternoon of running. It is a specific kind of heat—the kind that settles deep into your marrow, making your limbs feel heavy and liquid, like wax left […]
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The Hum of Deep Water Photo of the Day
August 9, 2017

The Hum of Deep Water

The air near deep water at night has a specific weight, a damp velvet that clings to the skin like a secret. I remember standing on a wooden dock, the planks cool and slightly slick with dew under my bare feet. There is a sound that isn’t quite a sound—it is the vibration of the […]
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The Sharp Breath of Winter Photo of the Day
August 2, 2017

The Sharp Breath of Winter

The air at high altitude has a specific, metallic bite. It tastes of nothing and everything—a cold, thin sharpness that stings the back of the throat and makes the lungs expand until they ache. I remember the sensation of wool scratching against my neck, the heavy, damp weight of a coat that has absorbed the […]
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The Salt on the Tongue Photo of the Day
August 1, 2017

The Salt on the Tongue

The morning air in Zeeland tastes of cold iron and wet sand. It is a sharp, metallic bite that settles at the back of the throat, waking the lungs before the eyes have even dared to open. I remember the feeling of walking barefoot on a beach just as the tide retreats; the mud is […]
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The Iron Lattice of Waiting Photo of the Day
July 30, 2017

The Iron Lattice of Waiting

There is a specific grit that settles on the skin when you stand in a doorway for too long. It is the taste of dry wind and old metal, a metallic tang that coats the tongue like a copper coin. I remember the feeling of cold iron bars against my palms, the way the rigid […]
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The Weight of the Market Photo of the Day
July 27, 2017

The Weight of the Market

The smell of damp feathers and earth always pulls me back to a morning I cannot quite place, where the air felt thick enough to chew. It is a metallic, dusty scent—the smell of life held in close quarters, of woven bamboo baskets pressing against calloused palms. I remember the rough, dry texture of twine […]
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The Weight of a Feather Photo of the Day
July 25, 2017

The Weight of a Feather

The air in the high branches tastes of damp moss and the sharp, metallic tang of coming rain. I remember the feeling of holding a sparrow once, years ago—the frantic, rhythmic thrumming against my palm, a heartbeat so fast it felt like a vibration in my own bones. It was a fragile, hollow weight, a […]
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The Weight of Softness Photo of the Day
July 9, 2017

The Weight of Softness

The smell of damp wool always brings me back to the winters of my childhood, when the air felt thick enough to swallow. I remember the scratch of a heavy sweater against my neck, a rough, insistent texture that reminded me I was wrapped in something protective. There is a specific silence that comes with […]
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The Salt on the Skin Photo of the Day
July 6, 2017

The Salt on the Skin

The air before a storm has a metallic tang, a sharp electric prickle that settles on the back of the neck like fine, invisible sand. I remember the feeling of wet wool against my shoulders and the way the sea breeze leaves a sticky, crystalline film on the lips—a taste of brine that lingers long […]
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The Hum of Green Photo of the Day
July 3, 2017

The Hum of Green

The air in a garden has a weight that is entirely its own. It is thick, damp, and tastes faintly of wet soil and crushed stems. When I close my eyes, I can feel the velvet underside of a leaf against my fingertip—a cool, waxy resistance that speaks of slow growth and hidden water. There […]
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The Breath of Thin Air Photo of the Day
June 24, 2017

The Breath of Thin Air

The air at that height has a flavor—sharp, metallic, and biting, like licking a cold iron railing in the dead of winter. It is a taste that scrapes the back of the throat, reminding you that oxygen is a privilege, not a right. My skin remembers the sensation of absolute stillness, that peculiar, hollow ringing […]
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