A visit to the UK fetish archive, and a conversation with the man who keeps it.

Every obsession has a history. Latex, leather, restraint, ritual: none of it appeared from nowhere. It was photographed, printed, worn, hidden, and kept, frequently by people who understood its power long before the rest of the world was willing to look.

I went to the UK fetish archive to see where that history is held, and to speak with Stefan, who keeps it. What follows is the conversation we had among the objects, and a glimpse of the world they belong to.