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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 Harvest Photo of the Day
February 20, 2014

The Weight of Harvest

The smell of damp earth clings to my skin long after the rain has stopped. It is a heavy, sweet scent—the smell of things settling into the soil, preparing for the long sleep of winter. I remember the rough, waxy skin of a gourd under my palms, the way the surface felt cool and stubborn, […]
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The Weight of Ancient Breath Photo of the Day
February 20, 2014

The Weight of Ancient Breath

The air this morning tastes of damp wool and wet slate. It is a heavy, clinging cold that settles deep into the marrow of my bones, the kind of chill that makes you want to pull your shoulders toward your ears and disappear into the collar of a thick coat. I remember walking through a […]
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The Weight of a Whisper Photo of the Day
February 17, 2014

The Weight of a Whisper

The smell of damp earth after a sudden monsoon shower always brings me back to the feeling of velvet against my fingertips. It is a heavy, humid scent that clings to the skin, thick with the promise of things that grow in the dark. I remember sitting on a stone porch, watching the garden breathe, […]
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The Pulse Beneath the Bark Photo of the Day
February 15, 2014

The Pulse Beneath the Bark

The smell of damp earth after a long rain is not just a scent; it is a heavy, velvet blanket that settles deep into the lungs. It tastes of minerals and ancient, rotting leaves, a metallic tang that reminds the skin of its own fragility. When I walk through the woods, I feel the vibration […]
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The Salt of Departure Photo of the Day
February 14, 2014

The Salt of Departure

The smell of wet iron and coal dust always brings back the taste of copper on my tongue. It is the flavor of leaving, of pressing a forehead against cool, vibrating glass while the world outside smears into a blur of grey and charcoal. My skin remembers the specific grit of a train seat, that […]
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The Texture of Time Photo of the Day
February 9, 2014

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 minerals and ancient stone. I remember the feeling of wool against my skin—not the soft, store-bought kind, but the coarse, heavy weave that holds the chill of the mountains deep within its […]
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The Salt on the Skin Photo of the Day
February 7, 2014

The Salt on the Skin

The smell of river mud is not just earth; it is a thick, metallic sweetness that clings to the back of the throat. I remember the way the damp air felt against my neck, heavy and humid, like a wet wool blanket that refuses to dry. When you work with your hands in the water, […]
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The Weight of Stillness Photo of the Day
February 3, 2014

The Weight of Stillness

There is a specific kind of silence that tastes like damp earth and cold, morning mist. It is the silence that settles in your lungs when you hold your breath, waiting for a heartbeat that is not your own. I remember sitting by the edge of a pond as a child, my skin prickling with […]
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The Grit of Salt and Time Photo of the Day
January 31, 2014

The Grit of Salt and Time

The smell of the ocean is never just salt; it is the scent of wet stone and the metallic tang of drying kelp clinging to the back of my throat. I remember the feeling of sand—not the soft, powdery kind, but the coarse, gritty grains that wedge themselves into the creases of your palms and […]
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The Geometry of Breath Photo of the Day
January 30, 2014

The Geometry of Breath

The air in a crowded room has a specific weight, a thickness that clings to the back of the throat like damp wool. It tastes of incense, of cooling wax, and the metallic tang of thousands of exhaled breaths mingling in the dark. I remember standing in such a place, my skin prickling with the […]
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What the Tide Refuses to Tell Photo of the Day
January 25, 2014

What the Tide Refuses to Tell

Every river is an archivist of human passage. When you stand on the wet silt of the bank before the morning traffic begins, the world has a crystalline clarity. The fishermen do not measure their lives in years or appointments—they measure it in the pull of the water and the shifting color of the clouds. […]
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The Chalk and the Dust Photo of the Day
January 25, 2014

The Chalk and the Dust

The smell of dry chalk dust always brings me back to the rough grain of a wooden desk under my palms. It is a scent that clings to the back of the throat, sharp and mineral, like the taste of a mountain stream before the sun warms it. I remember the way the light used […]
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