Behind the scenes look into the weird world of fetish parties from Tokyo to Berlin by artist MagLau

He said that most people were happy to be photographed for the project, with the images included in a new book .

Aiming to capture the candid moments, he said he never judged but instead wanted to simply observe and understand.

The experienced photographer said that while many of the people involved in the fetish world were perfectionist, he did not want perfection, instead aiming to simply capture the reality of the world many people did not understand.

He travelled across Europe, including to Brussels, Amsterdam, Paris and Berlin, as well as to Japan for the three-year project.

To gain entry into the parties, he often wore a badge, given to him by the hosts.

But the real challenge was to make sure the photographs he took were natural and not posed.

He admitted that while trying to capture images of the alien world he was sometimes misunderstood by those he was photographing, with some approaching him to be involved or others angry at his work.

But the photographer said he always politely extricated himself.

He admitted that while he was not a fetishist, he believed everyone had their own compulsions, infatuations and phobias.

He said: "Well, I am not a fetishist per se, although all photographers are, in a way, real voyeurs."

The word fetish comes from the Portugeuese phrase feiticeria, meaning "witchcraft".

The photos come after Katie Price and Kerry Katona discovered images of themselves pregnant on fetish sites.

Many have turned the industry into a financial success, with one of the world's biggest porn sites based in the sleep Yorkshire town of Doncaster.

The popularity of the parties has seen businesses set up including a saucy dominatrix setting up in Gloucestershire.

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