Pandora's Box is a

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studio founded and managed for over a decade by Mistress Raven (who was at the time one of the most famous dominatrixes in America) in

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. It has been the subject of the documentary ''

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'' by

Nick Broomfield Nicholas Broomfield (born 1948) is an English documentary film director. His self-reflective style has been regarded as influential to many later filmmakers. In the early 21st century, he began to use non-actors in scripted works, which he call ...

, and a book by the photographic journalist

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, as well as the subject of numerous magazine and newspaper articles. In 2018, Meiselas revisited the dungeon once again to photograph it for

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in an article about BDSM and high fashion, featuring some of the current Mistresses that worked there at the time. Its premises are a large basement facility in the Chelsea district of

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. In 2006 it absorbed another domination studio, Den of Iniquity. It provides a wide range of BDSM activities, including fetish and roleplay. Like other New York domination studios, it does not permit sex on the premises.

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Companies based in New York City BDSM organizations {{BDSM-stub

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