Catherine Robbe-Grillet's Paris apartment. Including elements of BDSM there is a whip and branding iron with the initials JDB which was actually used to brand on a human being 'Jeanne de Berg'..Catherine Robbe-Grillet, born in 1930 (nee Rstakian) is a french writer, former photographer, theatre and film actress who is well known for her writings and practice of BDSM or Bondage, Discipline, Sadism, Masochism. She wrote under the pseudonyms of Jean de Berg and Jeanne de Berg. She was renowned for her organisation of BDSM sessions for interested parties in high Parisian society, where she took on different roles. She had a very free and open loving relationship with her husband Alain Robbe-Grillet whom she married in 1957 (he died in 2008) with whom they recounted their adventures to each other...Her publications include L'image par Jean de Berg. Paris: Éditions de Minuit, 1956, Cérémonies de Femmes by Jeanne de Berg. Paris: Éditions Grasset 1985, Entretien avec Jeanne de Berg by Catherine Robbe-Grillet. Paris: Éditions les Impressions Nouvelles 2002, Jeune mariée: journal, 1957-1962 by Catherine Robbe-Grillet. Paris: Fayard 2004, Le Petit carnet perdu par Jeanne de Berg. Paris: Fayard 2007.
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