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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 Hum of Soft Light Photo of the Day
June 30, 2011

The Hum of Soft Light

The air in the hallway always feels thickest just before the evening settles, carrying the faint, metallic scent of cooling wax and old wood. I remember the sensation of pressing my palm against a polished tabletop, the surface cool and slick, holding a stillness that seemed to vibrate beneath my skin. It is a strange, […]
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The Weight of Twilight Photo of the Day
June 28, 2011

The Weight of Twilight

The smell of cooling pavement after a long, humid day always brings me back to the feeling of iron railings under my palms. It is a metallic, sharp scent that clings to the back of the throat, tasting faintly of ozone and impending rain. When the sky begins to bruise into those deep, velvet purples, […]
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The Grain of Time Photo of the Day
June 25, 2011

The Grain of Time

The smell of dry, splintered pine always brings me back to the attic of my childhood home. It is a scent of brittle history, of wood that has surrendered its sap to the relentless sun until it feels like parchment under the fingertips. When I run my hand along such surfaces, I feel the stutter […]
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The Salt on the Skin Photo of the Day
June 24, 2011

The Salt on the Skin

The taste of the ocean is not just salt; it is the metallic tang of ancient storms and the grit of sand caught between teeth. When the wind picks up, it carries a damp, heavy weight that clings to the back of the throat, a reminder that we are mostly water, yearning to return to […]
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The Weight of Damp Earth Photo of the Day
June 24, 2011

The Weight of Damp Earth

The smell of rain on dry dust is a sharp, metallic sweetness that settles deep in the back of the throat. It is the scent of a world holding its breath. I remember walking through tall, wet grass as a child, the hem of my trousers turning heavy and cold against my ankles, dragging with […]
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The Weight of Stillness Photo of the Day
June 23, 2011

The Weight of Stillness

The smell of sun-baked stone always brings me back to the feeling of a porch floor beneath my bare heels. It is a dry, rough heat that radiates upward, grounding the body when the mind wants to drift. There is a specific rhythm to waiting, a slow pulse that matches the lengthening of shadows across […]
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The Weight of Absence Photo of the Day
June 19, 2011

The Weight of Absence

The smell of damp wool always brings me back to the hallway of my childhood home, where heavy winter layers hung like ghosts against the plaster. There is a specific, gritty texture to neglect—the way dust settles into the weave of fabric, turning soft fibers into something brittle and cold. When I run my fingers […]
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The Hum of Velocity Photo of the Day
June 12, 2011

The Hum of Velocity

The air tastes metallic, like a copper penny pressed against the tongue just before a thunderstorm breaks. I remember the sensation of standing on a wide, open field, the ground vibrating through the soles of my feet—a low, rhythmic thrumming that traveled up my shins and settled deep in my chest. It was the sound […]
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The Grit of the Divide Photo of the Day
June 11, 2011

The Grit of the Divide

The smell of hot asphalt after a summer storm is a sharp, metallic sting in the back of the throat. It is the scent of a world trying to hold its breath. I remember the feeling of walking barefoot on a road that had been baking in the sun all day; the heat pushed back […]
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The Sulfur on the Tongue Photo of the Day
June 5, 2011

The Sulfur on the Tongue

The air before the boom tastes like dry metal and ozone, a sharp, electric prickle against the back of the throat. I remember standing on a cooling patch of asphalt, the soles of my feet still holding the day’s heat, waiting for the sky to tear itself open. There is a specific scent to a […]
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The Weight of Waiting Photo of the Day
June 4, 2011

The Weight of Waiting

The smell of damp wool and wet earth clings to the back of my throat, a heavy, metallic perfume that only arrives when the sky decides to press itself against the ground. I remember sitting on a bench just like this one, the wood grain rough and swollen with moisture, biting into the skin of […]
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The Ghost of Summer Sweetness Photo of the Day
June 3, 2011

The Ghost of Summer Sweetness

The memory of summer does not live in the calendar; it lives in the sticky residue of juice on my fingertips. I remember the rough, pebbled skin of the fruit, a secret shell that yields to the pressure of a thumbnail, releasing a sudden, cool perfume that smells of rain and crushed petals. There is […]
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