Carta a los censores (Letter to Censors) by artist Carlos Garaicoa is a series of 10 gelatin silver prints made in 2003. The black and white prints are neatly displayed in a horizontal row of white frames, each measuring a little over fifteen by twelve inches. The frame to the left is displayed vertically, while the rest of the pieces are displayed horizontally. Garaicoa captured these images within a tight frame composition, meaning that the subject matter takes up most of the image space and almost touches the outer edges of the picture. Each of these prints is made up of images of decaying buildings. Each building boasts classical and ornate details that have lost their luster, harkening back to a lost time. The paint that covers these buildings is faded and flaking off of its surface. Facades with moldings of sleek geometric patterns of the Art Deco style hide under a layer of dirt and debris. Several windows and doors that perhaps once welcomed light and people are shuttered closed. Attractive lettering in stylized cursives and block prints spelling inviting words like Cuba, Apolo, and Record appear dirty and forgotten. Several of these old and unkempt yet beautifully aesthetic buildings display evidence of the current world around them – drooping power lines obscuring their splendor, a few ordinary citizens hanging out on a sidewalk, and rickshaw bikes with no one on them. The entire collection of images seems to display the crumbling splendor of a bygone era and a feeling that ‘all good things come to an end’.