Dave Robinson | Founder of Stiff Records / Camden NW1
December 11, 2007
What a fierce man! He looks like an American hero!
- Danielle

"If it ain't Stiff it ain't worth a fuck"
- ghobii - http://www.ghobii.com

intense. speaks volumes. a perfect subject.
- story - prettylittlemess.wordpress.com

Grrrr. Love it.
- superfluous aussie

are those guns in the background? This makes me curious about the context, and yet it seems kinda fitting that way anyway.
- Peter Boysen - http://www.peterboysen.com

Tell Jona Lewie I'm in a meeting!
- Will Birch - www.willbirch.com

hey... it's christmas-season... halloween has passed a while ago :-)
- samsplanet

Does he have a 'Hog' parked out back?
- Jack H

Wow! They do look like guns. If Robert Rodriguez saw this, Danny Trejo would be out of a job. Great stiff stuff.
- Simon

Thers an element of Red Indian there-crossed with Dublin that is Come down to the BPI sometime and shake them all up !
- wilfrid mann

Blimey I've got a chiness takeaway down the road, I thought the bloke behind the counter look familiar.
- Steve Melhuish

That's one tough picture. He looks like a pissed off mafia boss, not a founder of a record company. Cool photo, really!
- Ela

It's a Ming the Merciless wannabe!
- Jn

"Dave, you'll never get the band up to Belfast in time for soundcheck. There's been a lightning go-slow strike on the border!"
- Graham Parker - www.grahamparker.net

Bill, this is rock royalty. Congratulations on a great shot, and on having Graham Parker post to your site.
- Dave

Wow. Intense. Looks like he's chewing on glass.
- nuno

This is all made better by the fact that I know this man
- Matt

This guy will eat your babies
- Danny Garcia

I am not seeing what you're seeing, I'm not seeing a mad man. I'm seeing a symphatetic man. I'm seeing love in his eyes, a history. I love the picture, if you look good you will see so much more then just an (angry) man.
- Charlotte van Bree

I don't see an angry man. I see a man who takes no bullshit. I see a man who has worked damn hard his whole life and has bloody earnt that scowl. I see a man who was/is probably a threat to many in the music industry (so the suggestion of machine guns in the background is probably appropriate). But he also looks like a man who'd be very generous when it comes to what he's passionate about, and the people he respects. Nope, he's not angry - he's formidable! That's the story this portrait tells to me. Just my take. :)
- superfluous aussie

Agreed. Much love in this soul...just look deeper. It is very intense shot for sure.
- Cycleogical

This lovely man needs no guns...he had a baseball bat!! GREAT photo. Hi Will Birch,how are you??
- Sonnie

I love this portrait. It is very strong. Thank you Bill for giving me so much inspiratation with your project.
- Olaf - http://www.52portraits.com

Beneath that rough, tough exterior there's a great big softie struggling to get out!
- Trevor

awesome shot bill
- danielkrieger - www.danielkrieger.com

oh wow.
- Ulrich - http://uhilger.de

You should see him when he's angry....
- Nigel D - www.nigeldick.com

I only ever met three Irish men that I never really liked and Dave Robinson was at least two of them.
- Dr.Noel Brown