Aiden Shaw
{{short description|British pornographic actor and model}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{Infobox model
|name=Aiden Brady
|image=File:Life Ball 2013 - magenta carpet Aiden Shaw 02a.jpg|caption=Aiden Brady in 2013
|birth_name=Aiden Brady
|birth_date={{birth date and age|df=yes|1966|2|22}}
|birth_place=Harrow, London, England
|height=186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
|hair_colour=Grey
|eye_colour=Blue
|other_names=Aiden Shaw
|yearsactive=1990–present
|agencies=Sight Management Studio, Barcelona, Spain
Why Not Models, Milan, Italy
KULT MODELS, Hamburg, Germany
Modellink, Gothenburg, Sweden
Q Model Management, New York City, United States
Models1, London, England}}
Aiden Shaw (born Aiden Brady, 22 February 1966){{cite web|url=http://www.bangandstrike.com/bangtalk/coolboy-of-the-week-aiden-shaw/|title=CoolBoy Of The Week- Aiden Shaw|publisher=Bang Talk Magazine|date=24 Feb 2016|first=Sarah|last=Potter|accessdate=7 Oct 2017}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite book|title= Aiden|last= Beard|first=Mark |author2= Brady, Aiden|year= 1992|publisher= Feard Press |location= London, England|asin= B0006P9EYM}} is an English author, model, and former pornographic film actor.{{cite web | url=http://www.gay.net/fashion-grooming/2012/03/26/former-adult-star-aiden-shaw-stylish-daddy | publisher=Gay.net | title=Aiden Shaw article | accessdate=5 December 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924020912/http://www.gay.net/fashion-grooming/2012/03/26/former-adult-star-aiden-shaw-stylish-daddy | archive-date=24 September 2015 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}
Early life and modeling
Aiden Brady was born on 22 February 1966 in Harrow, England. He graduated from the University of Brighton.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
Shaw was signed to Success Models in Paris and Sight Management Studio in Barcelona.{{cite web|url=http://sight-management.com/gallery/model/2831-Aiden+Shaw| publisher=Sight-Management.com| title=Profile - Aiden Brady|accessdate=7 Oct 2017}} Shaw was photographed by Giampaolo Sgura for Hercules International magazine.{{cite web | url=http://accidentalbear.com/stunning-aiden-shaw-by-giampaolo-sgura-for-hercules-universal-magazine/ | publisher=AccidentalBear.com | title=Aiden Shaw by Giampaolo Sgura For Herculese Universal Magazine | accessdate=5 December 2015 | date=May 2012 | archive-date=6 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106205655/http://accidentalbear.com/stunning-aiden-shaw-by-giampaolo-sgura-for-hercules-universal-magazine/ | url-status=dead }} In 2013, he was the face of Bytom, a Polish fashion company.{{cite web | url=http://www.thefashionisto.com/aiden-shaw-anatol-modzelewski-bytom-fallwinter-2013-campaign/ | publisher=The Fashionisto | title=Aiden Shaw & Anatol Modzelewski for Bytom| accessdate=7 December 2015| date=2013-09-11 }} In 2014, Shaw walked for Berluti.{{cite web |url=http://models.com/work/berluti-berluti-ss-14-show |publisher=Models.com |title=Berluti Show SS14 – List of Models |accessdate=7 December 2014}} He was featured by New Zealand menswear brand Working Style for their Autumn Winter 2014 campaign.{{cite web|url=http://www.workingstyle.co.nz/blog/Aiden-Shaw-and-our-AW14-Campaign?i=12|publisher=Working Style|title=Aiden Shaw and our AW14 Campaign|accessdate=27 March 2015|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402134641/http://www.workingstyle.co.nz/blog/Aiden-Shaw-and-our-AW14-Campaign?i=12|url-status=dead}} In 2016, Shaw reverted to his birth name as he continued to model for international brands like Massimo Dutti.{{cite web| url=https://www.thefashionisto.com/massimo-dutti-2016-mens-contemporary-tailoring/| publisher=TheFashionisto.com| title=Noah Mills, Hao Yun Xiang & Aiden Brady Don Massimo Dutti's Contemporary Tailoring| date=21 Sep 2016| accessdate=7 Oct 2017}}
Pornography
Brady adopted the last name "Shaw" in the early 1990s when he began working in gay pornography.{{cite web| url=http://www.washingtonblade.com/2009/12/11/aiden-shaw-on-surviving-porn-prostitution/| publisher=Washington Blade| title=Aiden Shaw on surviving porn, prostitution |date=Dec 11, 2009| first=Tyrone| last=Ford| accessdate=6 June 2015}} He retired from the porn industry in 1999, but in 2004, he starred in another gay porn film with Hot House.{{cite web| title=Perfect Fit (2004) |publisher=IMDB |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455681/| accessdate=7 Oct 2017}}{{cite web| title=Perfect Fit | publisher=Hot House| url=http://www.hothouse.com/en/dvd/Perfect-Fit/7911| accessdate=7 Oct 2017}}
Writing
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.
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?{{citation |last=Shaw |first=Aiden |year=1996 |title=If language at the same time shapes and distorts our ideas and emotions, how do we communicate love?|series=Bemis/Flaherty Collection of Gay Poetry |publisher=The Bad Press |oclc=298124621}} 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).{{cite web|author=Josh Sparber |url=http://www.poz.com/articles/1666_9609.shtml |title=The Porn Identity (interview with Aiden Shaw) |publisher=Poz.com |date= September 2006 |accessdate=12 July 2012}}{{cite web|author=Sam Page |url=http://www.hivplusmag.com/Story.asp?id=2033&categoryid=1 |title=Coming To Terms (interview with Aiden Shaw) |publisher=HIVPLUSMAG.com |date=January 2010 |accessdate=12 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504170034/http://www.hivplusmag.com/Story.asp?ID=2033&categoryid=1 |archivedate=4 May 2010 }}
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
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External links
- [http://sight-management.com/gallery/model/2831-Aiden+Shaw Sight Management – Aiden Brady (formerly Shaw)]
- [http://imgmodels.com/new-york/men/model?mid=10462 IMG Models – Aiden Shaw] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217072917/http://www.imgmodels.com/new-york/men/model?mid=10462 |date=17 February 2015 }}
- [http://www.whynotmodels.com/model/aiden_brady Why Not Models - Aiden Brady]
- {{IMDb name|0004523|Aiden Shaw}}
- {{iafd name|id=aidenshaw|gender=male|name=Aiden Shaw}}
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Category:20th-century English LGBTQ people
Category:21st-century English LGBTQ people
Category:Actors from the London Borough of Harrow
Category:Alumni of the University of Brighton
Category:English actors with disabilities
Category:English actors in gay pornographic films
Category:English male pornographic film actors
Category:English male prostitutes
Category:Male actors from London