David Gray's pictures of the week 4-6-2007

DAVID GRAY photography
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The picture set this week looks at the subject of contemporary cafe advertising as seen in the streets of Brighton in June 2007. There are a lot of cafes in Brighton, especially in the North Laine district where most of these pictures were taken. A stranger might be forgiven for wondering what else the citizens of the South Coast's pleasuredrome do apart from sit about sipping lattes. Nonetheless, the Brighton cafes have to attract customers and one of the ways they do this is by colourful and idiosynchratic signs and menu boards. A sustainable economy may well be impossible on a foundation of frothy cappucinos and vegetarian breakfasts, but the cafes of Brighton do look great. Better still, although the corporate coffee chains are also there in strength, all the places pictured here are independent and proud of it.

Sign outside the Dumb Waiter (image 2730-18)

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