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The underbelly of fetish parties has been exposed in photographs captured by Belgian photographer MagLau. The photographer dedicated three years to capturing the obsession with leather and chains, visiting fetish parties through Europe and Japan. The photographer told: “I just took pictures, always finding some beauty in the dark side”. He said that most people were happy to be photographed for the project, with the images included in a new book Fetish Ballad. Aiming to capture the candid moments, he said he never judged but instead wanted to simply observe and understand. Here: Picture from Fetish Ballad book. (Photo by MagLau/Laurent Muschel)

The underbelly of fetish parties has been exposed in photographs captured by Belgian photographer MagLau. The photographer dedicated three years to capturing the obsession with leather and chains, visiting fetish parties through Europe and Japan. The photographer told: “I just took pictures, always finding some beauty in the dark side”. He said that most people were happy to be photographed for the project, with the images included in a new book Fetish Ballad. Aiming to capture the candid moments, he said he never judged but instead wanted to simply observe and understand. Here: Picture from Fetish Ballad book. (Photo by MagLau/Laurent Muschel)
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16 Oct 2016 10:49:00
Men dressed as 'Krampuss' prepare to parade at Munich's Christmas market, December 13, 2015. (Photo by Michael Dalder/Reuters)

Men dressed as “Krampuss” prepare to parade at Munich's Christmas market, December 13, 2015. Young single men will wear the traditional attires known as “Krampusse”, consisting of animal skins and masks, with large cow-bells to make loud and frightening noises and parade through the city. They follow “Saint Nicholas” from house to house in December each year to bring luck to the good and punish the idle. (Photo by Michael Dalder/Reuters)
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15 Dec 2015 08:02:00
Newborn sea lion “Kaya” crawls at the enclosure at the zoo in Wuppertal, Germany July 23, 2015. (Photo by Ina Fassbender/Reuters)

Newborn sea lion “Kaya” crawls at the enclosure at the zoo in Wuppertal, Germany July 23, 2015. Kaya was born on July 4, 2015 in the zoo, officials said. (Photo by Ina Fassbender/Reuters)
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24 Jul 2015 12:00:00
Members of the new BFEplus anti-terror unit of the German federal police holds a G36C automatic weapon after taking part in a capabilities demonstration at a police training facility on December 16, 2015 in Ahrensfelde, Germany. The BFEplus, whose acronym stands for Beweissicherungs und Festnahme Einheit, or Evidence Safeguarding and Arrest Unit, is to support the GSG9 police special forces unit in containing domestic terror threats. Germany is on high-alert following the November Paris terror attacks and a credible threat at the Germany vs. Holland football match in Hanover. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Members of the new BFEplus anti-terror unit of the German federal police holds a G36C automatic weapon after taking part in a capabilities demonstration at a police training facility on December 16, 2015 in Ahrensfelde, Germany. The BFEplus, whose acronym stands for Beweissicherungs und Festnahme Einheit, or Evidence Safeguarding and Arrest Unit, is to support the GSG9 police special forces unit in containing domestic terror threats. Germany is on high-alert following the November Paris terror attacks and a credible threat at the Germany vs. Holland football match in Hanover. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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18 Dec 2015 08:01:00
A farmer and his cow “Cilly” wait for results of the “Milchgipfel” (lit. Milk summit) which takes place at the German Ministry of Food and Agriculture in Berlin, Germany on May 30, 2016. Minister of Food and Agriculture Christian Schmidt met with representatives of agriculture and dairy farming to evaluate measures to help dairy farmers in light of plummeting milk prices. (Photo by Maurizio Gambarni/EPA)

A farmer and his cow “Cilly” wait for results of the “Milchgipfel” (lit. Milk summit) which takes place at the German Ministry of Food and Agriculture in Berlin, Germany on May 30, 2016. Minister of Food and Agriculture Christian Schmidt met with representatives of agriculture and dairy farming to evaluate measures to help dairy farmers in light of plummeting milk prices. (Photo by Maurizio Gambarni/EPA)
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31 May 2016 11:45:00
A giant shoe is pictured outside a life-size “Barbie Dreamhouse” of Mattel's Barbie dolls in Berlin, May 15, 2013. The life-sized house, covering about 1,400 square metres offers visitors to try on Barbie's clothes in her walk-in closet, tour her living room and her kitchen. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)

A giant shoe is pictured outside a life-size “Barbie Dreamhouse” of Mattel's Barbie dolls in Berlin, May 15, 2013. The life-sized house, covering about 1,400 square metres offers visitors to try on Barbie's clothes in her walk-in closet, tour her living room and her kitchen. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)
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20 May 2013 07:19:00
A boy dressed as the Star Wars character Darth Vader attends a Star Wars themed church service, at the  Zion Church  in Berlin, Sunday, December 20, 2015. About 500 people, some carrying light saber props or wearing Darth Vader masks, attended the service, more than twice as many as usual on a Sunday. (Photo by Markus Schreiber/AP Photo)

A boy dressed as the Star Wars character Darth Vader attends a Star Wars themed church service, at the Zion Church in Berlin, Sunday, December 20, 2015. About 500 people, some carrying light saber props or wearing Darth Vader masks, attended the service, more than twice as many as usual on a Sunday. (Photo by Markus Schreiber/AP Photo)
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22 Dec 2015 08:04:00
The Bond of Two German Shorthaired Pointers

The two dogs Travis, 10, and Gus, 5 have become an Internet hit on Instagram. These images were taken by Canadian photographer Steph McCombie. (Photo by Steph McCombie/Instagram)
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21 Mar 2014 06:02:00