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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 Wings Photo of the Day
March 28, 2015

The Weight of Wings

The smell of damp earth after a sudden rain always brings me back to the feeling of velvet against my fingertips. It is a heavy, humid scent, the kind that clings to the back of your throat like pollen. I remember pressing my palms into the cool, dark soil, feeling the pulse of the ground […]
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Salt on the Skin Photo of the Day
March 19, 2015

Salt on the Skin

The air before the sun wakes has a specific weight, a damp, velvet thickness that clings to the back of the throat. It tastes of cold salt and the metallic tang of wet sand. I remember standing at the edge of the tide, my toes curling into the grit as the water retreated, leaving behind […]
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The Breath of Cold Stone Photo of the Day
March 16, 2015

The Breath of Cold Stone

The air at high altitude has a specific metallic tang, like licking a frozen spoon. It is a sharp, clean scent that clears the sinuses and settles deep in the lungs, making every breath feel like a deliberate act of survival. I remember the feeling of damp wool against my skin, the way the fabric […]
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The Sticky Hum of Summer Photo of the Day
March 16, 2015

The Sticky Hum of Summer

The memory is not in the flavor, but in the frantic, desperate race against the heat. I remember the cold, sharp sting of sugar against my tongue, followed immediately by the frantic stickiness spreading across my knuckles. It was a humid, heavy afternoon where the air felt like wet wool against the skin, and the […]
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Salt on the Skin Photo of the Day
March 9, 2015

Salt on the Skin

The air before a storm tastes of iron and wet stone. I remember standing on a shoreline where the wind felt like a rough wool blanket dragged across my shoulders, heavy and damp. There is a specific rhythm to the sea when it meets the land—a rhythmic thrumming that vibrates through the soles of your […]
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The Weight of Water Photo of the Day
March 8, 2015

The Weight of Water

The smell of wet pavement always brings me back to the hem of my mother’s sari, damp and heavy against my ankles after a sudden storm. There is a specific, cool grit to that scent—the earth waking up, drinking greedily, and exhaling a sharp, metallic sweetness. I remember the way the water felt against my […]
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The Weight of a Whisper Photo of the Day
March 7, 2015

The Weight of a Whisper

There is a specific coolness to polished stone, a smooth, unyielding surface that demands a quiet rhythm from the fingers. I remember the way my thumb used to trace the beads, a repetitive friction that smoothed away the jagged edges of a restless afternoon. It is not a sound, but a vibration—a soft, rhythmic clicking […]
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The Shiver of Stillness Photo of the Day
March 7, 2015

The Shiver of Stillness

The air tastes of iron and wet wool, a sharp, metallic bite that settles deep in the back of the throat. I remember the feeling of walking onto a frozen pond, the way the soles of my boots felt thin, as if the ice were a fragile skin stretched over a dark, sleeping giant. There […]
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Stained by the Harvest Photo of the Day
February 25, 2015

Stained by the Harvest

The smell of autumn is not leaves; it is the sharp, metallic tang of crushed fruit against a wooden table. I remember the way my fingers would turn a bruised, permanent shade of crimson after breaking open the thick, leathery skin of a harvest. It is a sticky, stubborn stain that refuses to leave the […]
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The Anchor of Skin Photo of the Day
February 16, 2015

The Anchor of Skin

The smell of damp wool always brings me back to the winters of my childhood, when the air was thick with the scent of woodsmoke and wet earth. I remember the feeling of a rough, calloused palm wrapping around my own, a sudden, grounding weight that pulled me back from the edge of a daydream. […]
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The Weight of a Winter Breath Photo of the Day
February 12, 2015

The Weight of a Winter Breath

The air in late November has a sharp, metallic tang, like a copper coin pressed against the tongue. It is a cold that settles deep into the marrow, making the joints ache with a dull, rhythmic thrum. I remember the sensation of wool against my neck—scratchy, damp, and smelling faintly of woodsmoke and wet earth. […]
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The Salt of Sudden Joy Photo of the Day
February 11, 2015

The Salt of Sudden Joy

The taste of a Kolkata afternoon is always the same: a sharp, metallic tang of tram tracks cooling in the heat, mixed with the sweet, gritty dust of crushed brick. It settles on the back of the throat like a secret. I remember running through those narrow, winding lanes as a child, my palms pressed […]
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