Aiden Shaw

Aiden Shaw

Aiden Shaw (Life Ball 2013)
Born Aiden Shaw
England
Occupation Author, model, actor, singer, poet, & musician/song-writer/producer, music video director, artist
Years active 1990–present

Aiden Shaw,[1] is a British author, musician, model and former gay pornographic film actor.[2]

Porn career

Shaw began working in gay porn in the early 1990s. Since then he has appeared in over 50 films.[3] He retired from the porn industry in 1999.

Literary work

In 1991, Shaw collaborated with the New York artist Mark Beard to produce a limited edition publication named Aiden. The book included several portraits of Shaw, with text written by both Beard and Shaw as a form of dialogue.[1]

However, it was not until 1996 that Shaw wrote his first novel, Brutal. 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?[4] He wrote two more novels; Boundaries (1997) and Wasted (2001), and an autobiography, My Undoing (2006) in which he openly 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).[5][6]

Modelling career

Shaw was signed to Success Models in Paris. Shaw was shot by Giampaolo Sgura for Hercules International magazine.[7] In 2013 he was the face of the Polish fashion company Bytom.[8] In 2014, Shaw walked for Berluti.[9] Shaw was featured by New Zealand menswear brand, Working Style for their Autumn Winter 2014 campaign.[10]

Published works

Selected filmography

References

  1. 1 2 Beard, Mark; Brady, Aiden (1992). Aiden. London, England: Feard Press. ASIN B0006P9EYM.
  2. ↑ "Aiden Shaw article". Gay.net. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Ford, Tyrone (Dec 11, 2009). "Aiden Shaw on surviving porn, prostitution". Washington Blade. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  4. ↑ 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
  5. ↑ Josh Sparber (September 2006). "The Porn Identity (interview with Aiden Shaw)". Poz.com. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  6. ↑ Sam Page (January 2010). "Coming To Terms (interview with Aiden Shaw)". HIVPLUSMAG.com. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  7. ↑ "Aiden Shaw by Giampaolo Sgura For Herculese Universal Magazine". AccidentalBear.com. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "Aiden Shaw & Anatol Modzelewski for Bytom". The Fashionisto. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "Berluti Show SS14 – List of Models". Models.com. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "Aiden Shaw and our AW14 Campaign". Working Style. Retrieved 27 March 2015.

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