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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 Rhythm of Breath Photo of the Day
January 7, 2011

The Rhythm of Breath

The smell of damp earth after a long rain is a heavy, velvet thing. It clings to the back of the throat, tasting of minerals and ancient, decaying leaves. I remember walking through a corridor of trees where the air felt thick enough to lean against, a cool pressure against my shoulders that demanded I […]
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The Salt of Stilled Time Photo of the Day
January 6, 2011

The Salt of Stilled Time

The smell of dry earth after a long drought is a sharp, metallic sting in the back of the throat. It is the scent of things waiting to be reclaimed. I remember the feeling of sun-baked wood against my palms—splintered, rough, and holding a heat that seemed to belong to a century ago. There is […]
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Salt on the Skin Photo of the Day
January 5, 2011

Salt on the Skin

The taste of the ocean is not just salt; it is the metallic tang of ancient currents and the grit of sand between teeth. I remember a summer where the air felt thick enough to chew, heavy with the scent of drying kelp and the sharp, ozone sting of a coming storm. My skin felt […]
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The Sticky Sweetness of Time Photo of the Day
January 5, 2011

The Sticky Sweetness of Time

The smell of burnt sugar always brings me back to a kitchen that no longer exists. It is a thick, syrupy scent that clings to the back of the throat, heavy with the promise of something indulgent. I remember the sensation of a silver fork pressing into a soft, yielding crumb, the way the metal […]
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The Salt on the Skin Photo of the Day
December 27, 2010

The Salt on the Skin

The air before a storm tastes of wet iron and crushed river reeds. It is a heavy, humid thickness that clings to the back of the throat, demanding you swallow the atmosphere whole. I remember the feeling of water against my palms—not the cool, polite water of a tap, but the churning, muscular resistance of […]
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The Hum of Still Water Photo of the Day
December 27, 2010

The Hum of Still Water

The air tonight tastes of damp pavement and the metallic tang of cooling iron. I remember standing on a bridge once, the kind that vibrates when a heavy vehicle passes, sending a shiver through the soles of my feet. There is a specific silence that only exists in the city after midnight—a thick, velvet quiet […]
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The Hum of Heavy Nectar Photo of the Day
December 20, 2010

The Hum of Heavy Nectar

The smell of crushed clover always brings me back to the sticky heat of mid-July, when the air was so thick with pollen it felt like breathing golden dust. I remember the vibration of a bumblebee against my palm—a frantic, rhythmic thrumming that traveled straight through my skin and settled into my marrow. It was […]
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The Breath of Stone Photo of the Day
December 19, 2010

The Breath of Stone

The smell of wet slate always brings me back to the damp wool of a winter coat, heavy and clinging to the shoulders. It is the scent of a world that has just finished crying—a sharp, mineral tang that settles at the back of the throat like cold mountain air. When the rain stops, the […]
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The Ember in the Marrow Photo of the Day
December 19, 2010

The Ember in the Marrow

The smell of woodsmoke always finds the back of my throat first, a sharp, resinous ghost that tastes like December nights and the biting cold of a porch. It is a dry, stinging scent that clings to wool sweaters and hair, carrying the memory of heat that has already begun to die. I remember the […]
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The Salt of Stillness Photo of the Day
December 16, 2010

The Salt of Stillness

The air before a storm tastes of ozone and dry pine needles, a sharp, metallic tang that settles at the back of the throat. I remember standing on a dock as a child, the wood beneath my bare feet splintered and warm, vibrating with the low, rhythmic hum of water against pilings. It is a […]
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The Rhythm of the Pulse Photo of the Day
December 8, 2010

The Rhythm of the Pulse

The smell of wet earth always brings me back to the riverbank, where the air is thick with the salt of sweat and the sharp, metallic tang of exertion. It is a heavy, humid scent that clings to the skin like a second layer. I remember the sound of wood biting into water—a rhythmic, guttural […]
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The Echo of Cold Stone Photo of the Day
December 8, 2010

The Echo of Cold Stone

The air in a place like this has a specific weight—it tastes of damp earth and iron, a metallic tang that clings to the back of the throat. I remember running my palms along walls that had forgotten the warmth of a human hand, the stone biting back with a persistent, subterranean chill. It is […]
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