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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 Salt on the Skin Photo of the Day
July 17, 2015

The Salt on the Skin

There is a particular grit that settles into the creases of your palms after a day spent near the tide. It is the taste of salt, sharp and metallic, clinging to the back of the throat long after the sun has dipped below the horizon. I remember the feeling of wet sand pulling at my […]
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The Salt of Fading Light Photo of the Day
July 11, 2015

The Salt of Fading Light

There is a specific temperature to the end of a day, a cooling of the skin that feels like the slow withdrawal of a fever. I remember the smell of damp earth after a long, dry heat—the way the ground releases its stored exhaustion into the cooling air. It is a heavy, metallic scent, like […]
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The Weight of Collision Photo of the Day
July 7, 2015

The Weight of Collision

The smell of damp earth kicked up by heavy hooves always brings me back to the edge of a field in my childhood. It is a metallic, iron-rich scent that clings to the back of the throat, thick and humid. There is a specific vibration that travels through the soles of your feet when two […]
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The Weight of a Breath Photo of the Day
July 5, 2015

The Weight of a Breath

The air after a storm has a specific, heavy skin. It clings to the back of the throat, tasting of wet slate and crushed clover. I remember standing on a porch as a child, the wood beneath my bare feet turning dark and slick with the retreating rain. There is a quiet, shivering tension in […]
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The Texture of Time Photo of the Day
June 28, 2015

The Texture of Time

The smell of dry earth after a long drought is a scent that clings to the back of the throat, tasting faintly of iron and ancient dust. I remember pressing my palms against the sun-baked mud walls of my childhood home, feeling the rough, uneven grit beneath my skin—a map of every season that had […]
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The Salt on the Wind Photo of the Day
June 27, 2015

The Salt on the Wind

The taste of a summer afternoon is always salt and grit. It is the feeling of sand wedged deep beneath fingernails, a tiny, abrasive reminder of a day spent running until the lungs burn. I remember the smell of sun-baked stone, hot enough to sting the soles of bare feet, and the way the air […]
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The Crispness of Morning Photo of the Day
June 26, 2015

The Crispness of Morning

The first bite of a cold apple is a sound that travels through the jawbone, a sharp, clean snap that echoes in the skull before the juice even hits the tongue. It is the taste of autumn mornings, of dew-damp grass against bare ankles, and the sudden, bracing chill of air that has not yet […]
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The Ink of Belonging Photo of the Day
June 20, 2015

The Ink of Belonging

The smell of damp paper and graphite always pulls me back to the wooden desk of my childhood. It is a sharp, metallic scent, like the taste of a copper coin pressed against the tongue. I remember the friction of the pencil lead against the rough grain of the page, a rhythmic scratching that felt […]
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The Weight of a Hand Photo of the Day
June 20, 2015

The Weight of a Hand

The smell of damp earth after a sudden rain always brings me back to the feeling of a palm pressed against mine. It is a specific kind of heat, a frantic, sticky warmth that speaks of secrets shared in the dark. I remember the rough texture of a cotton sleeve against my wrist, the way […]
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The Glass Between Us Photo of the Day
June 19, 2015

The Glass Between Us

The smell of rain on hot pavement always brings me back to the feeling of being behind a thick, cool windowpane. It is a strange, muffled sensation—the way the world hums with a vibration you cannot quite touch. There is a specific texture to silence when it is pressed against your skin, like the smooth, […]
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The Breath of Stone Photo of the Day
June 19, 2015

The Breath of Stone

The air in the high mountains has a metallic edge, a sharp, cold sting that settles at the back of the throat like crushed mint. I remember the feeling of pressing my palms against sun-warmed limestone, the rock rough and stubborn, holding the heat of the day long after the shadows have stretched thin. There […]
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The Dust of Play Photo of the Day
June 2, 2015

The Dust of Play

The taste of dry mountain air is metallic, like sucking on a cold copper coin. It sits at the back of the throat, sharp and thin, reminding you that oxygen is a luxury here. I remember the feeling of grit between my toes, the way the earth feels when it has been baked hard by […]
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