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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 Salt of Labor Photo of the Day
March 24, 2013

The Salt of Labor

There is a specific grit that settles into the creases of the palms, a fine, grey dust that smells of iron and old pavement. It is the scent of a day spent wrestling with the world, of friction against rough surfaces until the skin itself begins to mirror the hardness of the task. I remember […]
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The Salt of Stillness Photo of the Day
March 23, 2013

The Salt of Stillness

The air in the desert has a texture like crushed silk, dry and insistent against the skin. I remember the taste of dust on my tongue—a metallic, ancient grit that settles deep in the throat, reminding you that you are made of the same earth that shifts beneath your feet. There is a specific silence […]
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The Hum of Stillness Photo of the Day
March 22, 2013

The Hum of Stillness

The air before dawn has a specific weight, a cool, velvet thickness that presses against the skin like a damp wool blanket. It is a time when the world holds its breath, waiting for the first fracture of light to break the heavy silence. I remember waking in a house where the floorboards were cold […]
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The Weight of a Whisper Photo of the Day
March 15, 2013

The Weight of a Whisper

The smell of dry grass after a long, parched summer always brings me back to the feeling of grit between my toes. It is a sharp, earthy scent—the smell of sun-baked stalks snapping underfoot, releasing a ghost of dust that settles in the back of the throat. There is a specific stillness that comes with […]
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Silver Scales and Salt Photo of the Day
March 15, 2013

Silver Scales and Salt

The smell of the river always clings to my skin long after I have left the water’s edge. It is a sharp, metallic scent, like cold coins pressed against the palm, mixed with the damp, earthy musk of silt. When I close my eyes, I can still feel the slick, cool resistance of scales beneath […]
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The Weight of Stillness Photo of the Day
March 12, 2013

The Weight of Stillness

The smell of damp earth after a long drought is a heavy, velvet thing that clings to the back of the throat. It is the scent of anticipation, the way the air thickens just before the world decides to move. I remember sitting by the edge of a pond when I was small, my legs […]
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The Hum of Stillness Photo of the Day
March 9, 2013

The Hum of Stillness

There is a specific hum that lives in the marrow of my bones when the world goes quiet. It is not a sound, but a vibration—like the low, steady thrum of a heavy wool blanket pulled tight against the skin on a winter night. I remember the feeling of walking barefoot across cold, polished floorboards, […]
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Salt on the Skin Photo of the Day
March 8, 2013

Salt on the Skin

The memory of the sea is never in the eyes; it is in the grit of salt drying on your collarbone. It is the way the air feels thick and heavy, like a damp wool blanket draped over your shoulders after a long day in the sun. I remember the taste of brine on my […]
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The Hum of Stillness Photo of the Day
March 5, 2013

The Hum of Stillness

The air before a storm has a metallic tang, a sharp, electric prickle against the back of the throat. I remember sitting on a stone step, the surface rough and cool against my palms, feeling the humidity thicken until it felt like a heavy wool blanket draped over my shoulders. There is a specific kind […]
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The Hum of Distant Gold Photo of the Day
February 18, 2013

The Hum of Distant Gold

The smell of cold iron always brings me back to the winter of my seventh year. It is a metallic, sharp scent that clings to the back of the throat, like the taste of a frozen railing on a playground. I remember the way the air felt against my skin—a brittle, invisible fabric that tightened […]
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The Hum of Passing Time Photo of the Day
February 18, 2013

The Hum of Passing Time

The smell of damp wool and wet pavement always brings me back to the city at dusk. It is a heavy, metallic scent, like coins pressed against a warm palm. I remember standing on a street corner, the vibration of the ground traveling up through the soles of my shoes, a low-frequency hum that seemed […]
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The Salt of Stillness Photo of the Day
February 14, 2013

The Salt of Stillness

The air before a storm has a specific texture—it tastes like ozone and wet slate, pressing against the skin like a heavy, damp wool blanket. I remember sitting on a wooden dock as a child, the rough grain of the cedar biting into my thighs, while the water below lapped against the pilings with a […]
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