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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 Whisper Photo of the Day
June 26, 2014

The Weight of a Whisper

The smell of dry grass always brings me back to the edge of a field, where the air feels thin and brittle against the skin. I remember the sensation of holding my breath, trying to become as still as a stone so that the world might forget I was there. There is a specific, frantic […]
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The Softness of Dust Photo of the Day
June 10, 2014

The Softness of Dust

There is a specific smell to a room built of dried grass and earth—a scent of sun-baked stalks and the cool, damp breath of the soil beneath. When I close my eyes, I can feel the texture of that air against my skin, a fine, powdery warmth that settles in the creases of my palms. […]
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The Weight of a Feather Photo of the Day
June 10, 2014

The Weight of a Feather

There is a specific, hollow ache in the back of the throat that comes from watching something small hold its own against the wind. It reminds me of the taste of wild, bitter greens plucked straight from the damp earth—the grit of soil still clinging to the leaves, the sharp, metallic tang of life that […]
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The Weight of Quiet Earth Photo of the Day
June 7, 2014

The Weight of Quiet Earth

The smell of damp earth after a long rain is a heavy thing. It clings to the back of the throat, tasting of minerals and deep, undisturbed roots. When I walk through places where the grass is kept short and the air feels thin, my shoulders instinctively drop. There is a specific silence that lives […]
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The Weight of Winter Breath Photo of the Day
June 6, 2014

The Weight of Winter Breath

The air in mid-winter has a specific texture; it is sharp, like biting into a frozen apple, leaving a metallic tang on the back of the tongue. I remember the sensation of wool scratching against my neck, the way the fibers trap the scent of woodsmoke and damp pine needles. There is a profound silence […]
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The Weight of a Whisper Photo of the Day
June 3, 2014

The Weight of a Whisper

The air before a storm has a specific texture, a static prickle against the skin that makes the fine hairs on your arms stand at attention. I remember standing in a field of tall, dry grass, the stalks brushing against my shins like dry parchment paper. There is a silence that isn’t empty; it is […]
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The Hum of Stillness Photo of the Day
May 27, 2014

The Hum of Stillness

The air in late winter has a specific texture—it is thin, sharp, and tastes faintly of damp earth and iron. I remember standing on a porch as a child, my fingers numb against the cold iron railing, waiting for the first flicker of the evening lamp to hum into life. There is a particular vibration […]
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The Roughness of Bark Photo of the Day
May 19, 2014

The Roughness of Bark

There is a specific grit to the underside of a tree branch, a dry, papery texture that leaves a faint dusting of earth on your fingertips. I remember climbing the old mango tree behind my childhood home, pressing my palms against the rugged, uneven skin of the wood until my skin felt mapped by its […]
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The Iron Taste of Time Photo of the Day
May 14, 2014

The Iron Taste of Time

There is a specific, metallic tang that clings to the back of the throat when you stand near old, rusted iron. It tastes like cold rain on a winter morning and the dry, brittle scent of oxidized history. When I was a child, I used to press my palms against the heavy, flaking surfaces of […]
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The Weight of Stillness Photo of the Day
May 9, 2014

The Weight of Stillness

The smell of woodsmoke always pulls me back to a place I have never been. It is a sharp, pine-heavy scent that clings to wool, thick and grounding, like the feeling of a heavy blanket pulled up to the chin on a morning when the air outside is brittle enough to snap. There is a […]
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The Hum of Stillness Photo of the Day
April 29, 2014

The Hum of Stillness

There is a particular texture to a winter morning that settles deep into the marrow. It is the smell of dry, brittle grass and the way the air feels like cold silk against the back of the throat. When the world goes quiet, the body begins to listen to things it usually ignores—the rhythmic, slow […]
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The Weight of Morning Heat Photo of the Day
April 25, 2014

The Weight of Morning Heat

The smell of damp earth rising to meet a sudden, sharp intake of breath is how I know the sun has finally breached the horizon. It is a dry, toasted scent, like linen left too long on a radiator, carrying the promise of a day that will eventually turn heavy and golden. My skin remembers […]
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