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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 a Hand Photo of the Day
February 25, 2016

The Weight of a Hand

The smell of damp earth after a sudden monsoon rain always brings me back to the feeling of a small, sticky palm pressed against my own. It is a specific kind of heat—the kind that radiates from a child who has been running until their lungs ache and their skin is slick with the humidity […]
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The Grit of Shared Breath Photo of the Day
February 24, 2016

The Grit of Shared Breath

The smell of sun-baked earth always brings me back to the taste of dust on my tongue—a dry, metallic tang that settles in the back of the throat after a long day of running. It is the taste of childhood, of skin scraped against gravel and the sticky, salt-sweet residue of sweat drying in the […]
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The Bruise of Evening Photo of the Day
February 19, 2016

The Bruise of Evening

The smell of damp earth after a long, dry spell always brings me back to the kitchen floor of my childhood. It is a scent that clings to the back of the throat, metallic and sweet, like iron and crushed clover. I remember the way the floorboards felt against my bare knees—cool, uneven, and grounding. […]
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The Hum of Green Photo of the Day
February 12, 2016

The Hum of Green

The taste of damp earth clings to the back of my throat, a metallic, mineral sweetness that only arrives after a heavy mist. I remember the feeling of wet wool against my wrists, the way the fabric grows heavy and cold when the air turns thick with moisture. There is a specific silence that lives […]
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The Weight of Warmth Photo of the Day
February 9, 2016

The Weight of Warmth

The smell of damp earth after a long drought is a heavy, velvet thing that clings to the back of the throat. It is the scent of deep roots finally drinking, a raw and ancient perfume that signals the body to slow down. I remember the feeling of coarse, sun-baked grass against my palms, the […]
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The Iron Taste of Rain Photo of the Day
February 6, 2016

The Iron Taste of Rain

The smell of wet earth after a long drought is a heavy, metallic perfume that clings to the back of the throat. It is the scent of the ground waking up, startled and thirsty, drinking until it turns the color of rusted iron. I remember the feeling of walking barefoot through mud that had been […]
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The Silence of Cold Wool Photo of the Day
February 2, 2016

The Silence of Cold Wool

The air tastes like iron and wet wool. It is a sharp, clean flavor that settles at the back of the throat, the kind of cold that makes your skin feel tight and new. I remember walking through a field after the first heavy fall, the way the world seemed to hold its breath, muffling […]
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The Weight of Stillness Photo of the Day
February 1, 2016

The Weight of Stillness

The smell of damp earth after a sudden monsoon rain always brings me back to the feeling of being small, tucked away in a corner where the air is thick with humidity and the scent of overripe fruit. It is a heavy, velvet sort of silence, the kind that presses against your skin like a […]
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The Breath of Small Things Photo of the Day
January 25, 2016

The Breath of Small Things

The taste of summer always arrives as a fine, dry grit on the tongue, the kind that settles after a long walk through tall, sun-baked grass. I remember the sensation of my palms pressing into the earth, the soil cool and damp beneath the surface, a secret kept from the heat of the day. There […]
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The Pulse of Nectar Photo of the Day
January 19, 2016

The Pulse of Nectar

The air in the forest tastes of damp earth and crushed mint, a heavy, velvet humidity that clings to the skin like a damp silk shirt. I remember the feeling of standing perfectly still, holding my breath so as not to disturb the quiet, feeling the frantic, rhythmic thrum of a tiny heart against a […]
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The Hum of Damp Earth Photo of the Day
January 12, 2016

The Hum of Damp Earth

The smell of wet earth always brings me back to the first rain of the season, that thick, metallic scent of soil waking up from a long, dry sleep. It is a heavy, grounding perfume that clings to the back of your throat. I remember the feeling of mud between my toes—cool, slick, and yielding—as […]
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The Weight of Ancient Stone Photo of the Day
January 12, 2016

The Weight of Ancient Stone

The smell of roasting chestnuts always pulls me back to a specific kind of cold—the kind that bites at your knuckles until they ache, then settles deep into the marrow of your bones. I remember the rough, gritty texture of limestone walls under my fingertips, cold enough to steal the heat from my skin, yet […]
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