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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 Dust of Morning Photo of the Day
April 17, 2014

The Dust of Morning

The smell of damp earth after a light rain always brings back the grit of chalk against my fingertips. It is a dry, powdery sensation that settles into the creases of the skin, a reminder of lessons learned in rooms where the windows were always left wide open to the heat. I remember the sound […]
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The Weight of the Ascent Photo of the Day
April 15, 2014

The Weight of the Ascent

The air at high altitudes tastes like cold iron and thin, sharp needles. It is a flavor that settles at the back of the throat, metallic and clean, stripping away the sweetness of the valley below. I remember the feeling of boots caked in grit, the way the muscles in my calves burned with a […]
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The Weight of a Whisper Photo of the Day
April 11, 2014

The Weight of a Whisper

There is a specific texture to silence—it feels like the fine, dry dust that settles on a windowsill after a long summer, or the way the air thins just before a storm breaks. I remember the sensation of crouching in the tall, coarse grass as a child, my skin prickling against the sharp edges of […]
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The Weight of a Palm Photo of the Day
April 11, 2014

The Weight of a Palm

The smell of marigolds is heavy, almost thick enough to coat the back of my throat with a dusty, golden sweetness. It is a scent that clings to the skin, mingling with the sharp, metallic tang of incense smoke that drifts through crowded, narrow spaces. I remember the feeling of a hand resting against my […]
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The Breath of Cold Stone Photo of the Day
April 5, 2014

The Breath of Cold Stone

There is a specific temperature to the air just before the world decides to sleep, a thin, metallic sharpness that settles at the back of the throat. I remember standing on a porch in the north, where the light refused to leave, clinging to the horizon like a stubborn bruise. It wasn’t the kind of […]
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The Salt of Persistence Photo of the Day
March 19, 2014

The Salt of Persistence

The air near the water always tastes of wet iron and crushed silt. It is a heavy, metallic tang that coats the back of the throat, reminding you that everything is in a state of slow, patient erosion. I remember the feeling of coarse rope against my palms, the way the fibers bite into the […]
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The Weight of Ancient Dust Photo of the Day
March 19, 2014

The Weight of Ancient Dust

The taste of dry earth always returns when the wind shifts just right. It is a gritty, mineral flavor that coats the back of the throat, tasting of sun-baked stone and centuries of silence. I remember the feeling of running my palms over a wall that had been standing long before my ancestors were born; […]
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The Dust of Devotion Photo of the Day
March 15, 2014

The Dust of Devotion

The smell of cold stone and damp earth always brings me back to the feeling of knees pressing into hard ground. It is a specific kind of ache, the one that blooms in the joints when you stop moving long enough to listen to the silence of a room. There is a grit to it—the […]
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The Weight of a Hand Photo of the Day
March 14, 2014

The Weight of a Hand

There is a specific grit that settles into the creases of your palms when you have been walking for too long on uneven ground. It is the smell of hot iron and dry, crushed earth—the scent of a path that has been beaten by thousands of feet until it yields. I remember the feeling of […]
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The Rhythm of Dust Photo of the Day
March 9, 2014

The Rhythm of Dust

The smell of incense is not a scent; it is a weight that settles into the fibers of your clothes, a thick, sweet smoke that clings to the back of your throat like a prayer. I remember the feeling of worn stone beneath my bare feet, the way the ground holds the heat of a […]
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The Salt on the Wind Photo of the Day
March 4, 2014

The Salt on the Wind

The smell of dry earth after a long drought is a sharp, metallic sting in the back of the throat. It is the scent of waiting. I remember walking through fields where the grass had turned to brittle straw, the kind that pricks at your ankles and leaves tiny, invisible scratches that itch for hours. […]
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The Grit of Time Photo of the Day
February 25, 2014

The Grit of Time

The smell of sun-baked limestone is a dry, chalky scent that clings to the back of the throat, like the dust kicked up by a long-forgotten caravan. I remember the feeling of running my palms over walls that had been smoothed by centuries of wind; the stone felt like the skin of an old man, […]
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