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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 Breath of Stone Photo of the Day
August 15, 2010

The Breath of Stone

The air at that height tastes like iron and silence. It is a thin, sharp cold that settles deep in the lungs, a reminder that the earth is not always soft. I remember the feeling of wool against my neck, scratchy and damp, and the way the wind pulls at your skin until you feel […]
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The Texture of Invented Play Photo of the Day
August 15, 2010

The Texture of Invented Play

The smell of crushed green stalks always brings me back to the damp earth of a backyard after a heavy monsoon. It is a sharp, vegetal scent—the smell of sap staining your palms a sticky, permanent brown. I remember the feeling of peeling back layers of fibrous bark, the way the wet pulp felt cool […]
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The Pulse of the Current Photo of the Day
August 9, 2010

The Pulse of the Current

The smell of damp earth and river silt always brings me back to the feeling of wet wood beneath my bare feet. It is a slick, cool texture that shifts slightly, reminding you that the ground is not as solid as you once believed. There is a specific rhythm to water—a soft, rhythmic slapping against […]
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