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. But in 2004, he starred in another gay porn film with Hot House.[4][5]
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?[6] 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).[7][8]
Modelling career
Shaw was signed to Success Models in Paris. Shaw was shot by Giampaolo Sgura for Hercules International magazine.[9] In 2013 he was the face of the Polish fashion company Bytom.[10] In 2014, Shaw walked for Berluti.[11] Shaw was featured by New Zealand menswear brand, Working Style for their Autumn Winter 2014 campaign.[12]
Published works
- 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
- 1 2 Beard, Mark; Brady, Aiden (1992). Aiden. London, England: Feard Press. ASIN B0006P9EYM.
- ↑ "Aiden Shaw article". Gay.net. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ↑ Ford, Tyrone (Dec 11, 2009). "Aiden Shaw on surviving porn, prostitution". Washington Blade. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ↑ Perfect Fit (2004) at IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455681/
- ↑ Perfect Fit at Hot House http://www.hothouse.com/en/dvd/Perfect-Fit/7911
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Josh Sparber (September 2006). "The Porn Identity (interview with Aiden Shaw)". Poz.com. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ↑ Sam Page (January 2010). "Coming To Terms (interview with Aiden Shaw)". HIVPLUSMAG.com. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ↑ "Aiden Shaw by Giampaolo Sgura For Herculese Universal Magazine". AccidentalBear.com. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ↑ "Aiden Shaw & Anatol Modzelewski for Bytom". The Fashionisto. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
- ↑ "Berluti Show SS14 – List of Models". Models.com. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ↑ "Aiden Shaw and our AW14 Campaign". Working Style. Retrieved 27 March 2015.