Aiden Shaw (born Aiden Brady, 22 February 1966)[1][2] is an English author, model, and former pornographic film actor.[3]

Aiden Brady
Aiden Brady in 2013
Born
Aiden Brady

(1966-02-22) 22 February 1966 (age 58)
Other namesAiden Shaw
Years active1990–present
Modelling information
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Hair colourGrey
Eye colourBlue
AgenciesSight Management Studio, Barcelona, Spain

Why Not Models, Milan, Italy
KULT MODELS, Hamburg, Germany
Modellink, Göteborg, Sweden
Q Model Management, New York City, United States

Models1, London, England

Early life and modeling edit

Aiden Brady was born on February 22, 1966, in Harrow, England. He graduated from the University of Brighton.[citation needed]

Shaw was signed to Success Models in Paris and Sight Management Studio in Barcelona.[4] Shaw was photographed by Giampaolo Sgura for Hercules International magazine.[5] In 2013, he was the face of Bytom, a Polish fashion company.[6] In 2014, Shaw walked for Berluti.[7] He was featured by New Zealand menswear brand Working Style for their Autumn Winter 2014 campaign.[8] In 2016, Shaw reverted to his birth name as he continued to model for international brands like Massimo Dutti.[9]

Pornography edit

Brady adopted the last name "Shaw" in the early 1990s when he began working in gay pornography.[1][10] He retired from the porn industry in 1999, but in 2004, he starred in another gay porn film with Hot House.[11][12]

Writing edit

In 1991, Shaw collaborated with the New York artist Mark Beard to produce a limited edition publication titled Aiden. The book included several portraits of Shaw, with text written by both Beard and Shaw as a form of dialogue.[2]

Shaw published his first novel, Brutal, in 1996. Also in 1996, The Bad Press published a collection of his poems, If Language at the Same Time Shapes and Distorts our Ideas and Emotions, How do we Communicate Love?[13] He wrote two more novels: Boundaries (1997) and Wasted (2001), and an autobiography, My Undoing (2006) in which he discusses his life in the sex industry as a porn star and sex worker, his drug use, and his HIV status (Shaw was diagnosed HIV positive in 1997).[14][15]

Published works edit

  • Brutal (Millivres Books, 1996) ISBN 1-873741-24-3
  • If Language at the Same Time Shapes and Distorts Our Ideas and Emotions, How Do We Communicate Love? (The Bad Press, 1996) ISBN 0-9517233-4-0
  • Boundaries (Brighton: Millivres Prowler Group 1997) ISBN 1-873741-48-0
  • Wasted (Brighton: Millivres Prowler Group, 2001) ISBN 1-902852-34-6
  • My Undoing: Love in the Thick of Sex, Drugs, Pornography, and Prostitution (New York: Carroll & Graf, 2006) ISBN 0-7867-1743-2
  • Sordid Truths: Selling My Innocence for a Taste of Stardom (Alyson Books, 2009) ISBN 1-59350-137-4

References edit

  1. ^ a b Potter, Sarah (24 February 2016). "CoolBoy Of The Week- Aiden Shaw". Bang Talk Magazine. Retrieved 7 October 2017.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b Beard, Mark; Brady, Aiden (1992). Aiden. London, England: Feard Press. ASIN B0006P9EYM.
  3. ^ "Aiden Shaw article". Gay.net. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Profile - Aiden Brady". Sight-Management.com. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Aiden Shaw by Giampaolo Sgura For Herculese Universal Magazine". AccidentalBear.com. May 2012. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Aiden Shaw & Anatol Modzelewski for Bytom". The Fashionisto. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  7. ^ "Berluti Show SS14 – List of Models". Models.com. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  8. ^ "Aiden Shaw and our AW14 Campaign". Working Style. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Noah Mills, Hao Yun Xiang & Aiden Brady Don Massimo Dutti's Contemporary Tailoring". TheFashionisto.com. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  10. ^ Ford, Tyrone (11 December 2009). "Aiden Shaw on surviving porn, prostitution". Washington Blade. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  11. ^ "Perfect Fit (2004)". IMDB. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  12. ^ "Perfect Fit". Hot House. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  13. ^ Shaw, Aiden (1996), If language at the same time shapes and distorts our ideas and emotions, how do we communicate love?, Bemis/Flaherty Collection of Gay Poetry, The Bad Press, OCLC 298124621
  14. ^ Josh Sparber (September 2006). "The Porn Identity (interview with Aiden Shaw)". Poz.com. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  15. ^ Sam Page (January 2010). "Coming To Terms (interview with Aiden Shaw)". HIVPLUSMAG.com. Archived from the original on 4 May 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2012.

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