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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 Sulfur on the Wind Photo of the Day
November 25, 2013

The Sulfur on the Wind

The air before a storm always tastes of ozone and static, but the air after a firework is different. It is thick, metallic, and tastes faintly of burnt sulfur and spent paper. I remember standing in a crowd as a child, the ground vibrating beneath my sandals, the heat of the summer pavement rising through […]
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The Weight of Cool Rain Photo of the Day
November 20, 2013

The Weight of Cool Rain

The smell of wet earth always brings me back to the garden after a sudden summer storm. It is a heavy, metallic scent, like iron cooling in the dark. I remember the sensation of pressing my palm against a waxy leaf, the way the surface felt slick and cool, yielding just enough to hold a […]
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The Hum of Stone Photo of the Day
November 15, 2013

The Hum of Stone

The air tonight tastes of cold iron and damp pavement, a metallic tang that settles at the back of the throat. I remember walking through a city much like this, where the ground felt uneven beneath my soles, worn smooth by centuries of footsteps that have long since dissolved into the mortar. There is a […]
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The Breath of Winter Photo of the Day
November 6, 2013

The Breath of Winter

The air tonight tastes of wet iron and damp wool. It is a heavy, clinging cold that settles deep into the marrow, the kind that makes your skin prickle with the sudden awareness of its own surface. I remember standing on a pier once, when the mist was so thick it felt like walking through […]
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The Hum of Electric Veins Photo of the Day
November 3, 2013

The Hum of Electric Veins

The air in the city after dark has a specific, metallic grit. It tastes like ozone and cooling asphalt, a sharp tang that settles at the back of the throat when the humidity finally breaks. I remember walking through streets where the ground still radiated the day’s trapped heat, a slow, pulsing warmth rising through […]
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The Weight of Wool and Wind Photo of the Day
October 25, 2013

The Weight of Wool and Wind

The air in high places has a sharp, metallic tang, like licking a frozen spoon. It settles deep in the lungs, a cold weight that reminds you exactly where you are. I remember the feeling of coarse, hand-spun wool against my cheek—the way it scratches, a rough, honest friction that anchors you to the earth […]
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The Salt of Stillness Photo of the Day
October 9, 2013

The Salt of Stillness

The taste of dry grass on the tongue always brings me back to the heat of late August. It is a sharp, papery flavor, like the smell of sun-baked earth after the rain has long since evaporated. I remember the feeling of rusted wire against my palms—that cold, biting grit that leaves a metallic ghost […]
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The Humidity of Being Photo of the Day
October 6, 2013

The Humidity of Being

The air in the deep woods has a weight to it, a thick, damp velvet that clings to the skin like a second layer. It smells of crushed leaves, wet earth, and the sharp, metallic tang of sap bleeding from a broken branch. When I close my eyes, I can feel the pulse of the […]
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The Hum of Between Photo of the Day
October 3, 2013

The Hum of Between

The smell of ozone and floor wax always brings me back to the feeling of being nowhere. It is a sterile, metallic scent that clings to the back of the throat, sharp and cold. I remember the vibration of a floor beneath my feet—a low, rhythmic hum that traveled up through the soles of my […]
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The Weight of the Current Photo of the Day
October 2, 2013

The Weight of the Current

The smell of wet earth—that heavy, iron-rich scent that rises when the riverbank finally surrenders to the rising tide—is a smell that clings to the back of the throat. It is the scent of transition. I remember the feeling of damp wood beneath my palms, the rough, splintered grain of a boat that has spent […]
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The Weight of Afternoon Photo of the Day
September 23, 2013

The Weight of Afternoon

The air in mid-July has a thick, golden texture, like honey poured over sun-baked stone. I remember the feeling of a wooden bench against the back of my thighs—the grain pressing into skin, rough and warm, holding the heat of the day long after the sun has begun its slow descent. There is a specific […]
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Stained by the Sun Photo of the Day
September 22, 2013

Stained by the Sun

The air tastes of chalk and crushed petals, a dry, sweet grit that settles on the back of the throat. I remember the feeling of skin slick with damp powder, the way it clings to the creases of your palms and the hollows of your collarbone like a second, brighter hide. It is a heavy, […]
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