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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 on the Skin Photo of the Day
February 15, 2012

The Salt on the Skin

The taste of the ocean is not just salt; it is the sharp, metallic tang of cold air hitting the back of the throat after a long climb. My skin remembers the grit of sand that finds its way into the seams of my clothes, a dry, abrasive reminder that I have been moving through […]
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The Salt on the Tongue Photo of the Day
February 13, 2012

The Salt on the Tongue

There is a specific sharpness to the air before the sun fully wakes, a metallic tang that clings to the back of the throat like dry, crushed stone. I remember waking in places where the earth felt brittle, where the ground beneath my bare feet was a mosaic of cooling salt and ancient, stubborn grit. […]
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The Weight of Still Water Photo of the Day
February 12, 2012

The Weight of Still Water

The smell of wet river silt always brings me back to the damp hem of a skirt, heavy and clinging against my ankles. It is a thick, earthy scent, like iron and ancient moss, that seems to seep into the marrow of your bones. When the air is this heavy, you don’t just breathe it; […]
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The Grit of Dawn Photo of the Day
February 12, 2012

The Grit of Dawn

The smell of damp earth is a heavy, velvet thing that clings to the back of your throat before the sun even clears the horizon. It is the scent of waking up while the world is still shivering in the dew. I remember the feeling of coarse, dry stalks brushing against my shins—a rhythmic, scratching […]
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The Weight of Damp Air Photo of the Day
February 7, 2012

The Weight of Damp Air

The smell of wet stone always brings me back to the monsoon. It is a heavy, metallic scent that clings to the back of your throat, thick with the promise of water. I remember the feeling of wool against my skin, damp and slightly itchy, as the humidity turned the air into a physical blanket […]
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The Salt of Fading Light Photo of the Day
February 5, 2012

The Salt of Fading Light

The air in late autumn has a specific, metallic bite, like licking a cold iron railing. It is a sharp, clean scent—damp earth turning brittle, the smell of woodsmoke clinging to the wool of a sweater that has been tucked away for months. When the day begins to pull itself inward, I feel a phantom […]
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The Salt of Ancient Stone Photo of the Day
February 5, 2012

The Salt of Ancient Stone

The air before a storm tastes of copper and dry, crushed sage. It is a sharp, metallic tang that settles at the back of the throat, a reminder that the earth is breathing just beneath our heels. I remember walking through a landscape that felt this way—where the ground was so parched it cracked like […]
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A Portrait of Endurance Photo of the Day
February 4, 2012

A Portrait of Endurance

We are constantly told to move faster, to upgrade, to leave the past behind. But when you step into the workshop of a traditional artisan, time seems to bend backward. The rhythm of the tools, the smell of sawdust or wet clay, the focused gaze—these have remained unchanged for generations. In preserving these traditions, the […]
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The Rhythm of Rain Photo of the Day
February 4, 2012

The Rhythm of Rain

The smell of wet earth rising to meet the sky is a heavy, metallic perfume that clings to the back of my throat. It is the scent of a world being scrubbed clean, a sharp, cool dampness that settles deep into the marrow of my bones. I remember the feeling of water pooling between my […]
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The Stiffened Breath of Winter Photo of the Day
February 1, 2012

The Stiffened Breath of Winter

The air in the north does not just touch your skin; it bites, leaving a sharp, metallic tang on the tongue like a copper coin held in the mouth. I remember the feeling of wool that has been left outside—it loses its softness, turning brittle and stiff, holding the shape of the wind even after […]
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The Skin of Time Photo of the Day
January 30, 2012

The Skin of Time

The smell of wet iron always pulls me back to the basement of my childhood home, where the air tasted of damp earth and slow, creeping oxidation. It is a metallic tang that coats the back of the tongue, sharp and cold, like licking a frozen key in the middle of winter. There is a […]
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Salt on the Tongue Photo of the Day
January 28, 2012

Salt on the Tongue

The memory of a meal is rarely about the hunger it satisfied. It is about the way the steam curled against my cheek, damp and smelling of fermented earth and brine. I remember the slick, cool resistance of a shell against my thumb, the way the sauce clung to my fingertips like a thick, dark […]
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