The subject of this photograph is monochromatic – a weathered gray building that is disintegrating before our eyes. The only color in the image was a sun-struck patch of dead brown grass and the live green weeds in the foreground. The brown and the green colors drew attention away from the dilapidation of the building, which was the point of the image. By converting this photograph to black and white, I remove these conflicting colors and instead focus attention on the decay before us.