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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 Weight of Unfolding Photo of the Day
November 15, 2010

The Weight of Unfolding

The smell of rain on hot pavement always brings back the feeling of heavy velvet against my skin. It is a thick, suffocating luxury, like the way a secret feels when it is too large to keep tucked behind the teeth. I remember the sensation of standing in a hallway, waiting for a door to […]
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The Salt on the Skin Photo of the Day
November 15, 2010

The Salt on the Skin

The air in late August has a thickness to it, like damp wool pressed against the back of the neck. I remember the taste of the coast then—a metallic, briny tang that clings to the tongue long after the sun has dipped below the horizon. It is the feeling of sand cooling rapidly between my […]
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The Bite of Winter Photo of the Day
November 14, 2010

The Bite of Winter

The first time I touched snow, I expected it to be soft like a pillow, but it bit back. It was a sharp, stinging cold that traveled up my fingertips and settled deep into my marrow, a sudden, electric wake-up call to the nerves. I remember the smell of it—clean, metallic, and utterly silent, as […]
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The Pulse Beneath the Silt Photo of the Day
November 12, 2010

The Pulse Beneath the Silt

The smell of low tide is a thick, briny perfume—a mixture of wet earth, decaying leaves, and the sharp, metallic tang of salt that clings to the back of the throat. When I walk through mud that is soft enough to swallow my ankles, I feel the earth breathing. It is a slow, rhythmic expansion, […]
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Salt on the Skin Photo of the Day
November 11, 2010

Salt on the Skin

The air at the edge of the day has a specific weight, a damp heaviness that clings to the back of the throat like the ghost of a spent wave. I remember the feeling of sand between my toes—not the dry, shifting kind, but the cool, packed earth near the tide line that yields just […]
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Salt on the Tongue Photo of the Day
November 11, 2010

Salt on the Tongue

The air near the edge of the world tastes of cold iron and crushed shells. It is a sharp, stinging flavor that settles at the back of the throat, thick with the dampness of a coming storm. I remember the feeling of wet sand between my toes—not the soft, yielding kind, but the packed, shivering […]
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The Salt on My Skin Photo of the Day
November 9, 2010

The Salt on My Skin

The memory of the ocean is not in the eyes; it is in the grit of salt drying against the back of my neck. It is the way the air feels thick and heavy, like a damp wool blanket draped over the shoulders, smelling of wet stone and ancient, rotting kelp. I remember the specific […]
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The Humidity of Petals Photo of the Day
November 9, 2010

The Humidity of Petals

The air in the morning has a specific weight, a dampness that clings to the skin like a damp linen sheet. It smells of crushed stems and the sharp, green bitterness of sap leaking from a broken stalk. I remember the sensation of walking through a garden just as the dew begins to surrender to […]
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The Echo of Cold Stone Photo of the Day
November 5, 2010

The Echo of Cold Stone

The air in January has a specific bite, a sharp, metallic tang that settles deep in the back of the throat. I remember walking through narrow alleys where the walls were made of ancient, porous stone that seemed to drink the cold. If you press your palm against that masonry, it doesn’t just feel like […]
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The Geometry of Breath Photo of the Day
November 1, 2010

The Geometry of Breath

The smell of cold stone always brings me back to the damp basements of my childhood, where the air felt heavy and thick with the history of things left behind. There is a specific texture to silence in a large, hollow space—it feels like velvet pressed against the skin, cooling the pulse in your wrists. […]
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The Weight of Breath Photo of the Day
October 30, 2010

The Weight of Breath

The air at high altitude has a sharp, metallic tang that clings to the back of the throat, tasting faintly of pennies and cold stone. It is a thin, hungry air that demands everything you have to offer. I remember the sensation of grit beneath my fingernails, the way the muscles in my calves once […]
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The Hum of Salt and Spark Photo of the Day
October 27, 2010

The Hum of Salt and Spark

The air by the water has a specific grit to it, a fine, invisible salt that settles on the skin like a secret. I remember standing on a dock long ago, the wood damp and swollen beneath my bare feet, smelling of wet rope and cold, deep currents. There is a vibration that travels through […]
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