“This photo?"
“This photo? Is a picture of a flame!
It took me well over 60,000 tries.
One split second. One right position. No Control...
Luck struck! One succesfull failure...
No AI, no photographer – no one – can ever recreate it. Not even me!
And yet, it looks inmedeatly like something human. Female, sensual, mysterious, tempting.
This isn’t just an image, it’s an accident that became eternal.
That’s why it’s priceless.
Whoever owns her, doesn’t just buy a print – they own a myth.”
Foto credits: Rehaab Alkhazraji
Dr.PhldrmauZ
=
"the Fire Starter",
“the Fire Whisperer”
and
"the Matador of the Dancing Flame"
"Fire fuels wild imagination, passion for life, and intense love.
Every Dr.PhldrmauZ photo captures a one-of-a-kind moment in history—rarer than a Rembrandt!"
THIS IS NOT ART. THESE ARE.. UNIQUE VISUAL SCREAMS OF THE UNIVERSE
Captured in a time capsule of absolute chaos,
mined by chance, luck and determination,
caught by joy, curiousity, intuition, playful passion and pure divine bliss
Dr.PhldrmauZ is the archaeologist of disappearing seconds.
One fine summer evening, back in 2012, Dr.PhldrmauZ was staring at a small simple flickering flame and thought he saw something, but it flickered so fast that he could not really define it. What did he see? Curious as he is he took his camera and he went on a quest. This quest resulted in over 60.000 pictures of a single flickering flame and only a few very perculiar pictures and one in perticular.
These 60,000 shots where a pilgrimage to the church of "What If?"
Some men chase storms.
Dr. PhldrmauZ stalked fire until it showed him its soul.
"He discovered these flame images have a name: pareidolia—where the mind sees meaning in randomness. But Dr.PhldrmauZ’s fiery visions are rarer: born from spiritual guidance, raw inspiration, and self-taught artistry, dancing between fantasy and reality. Your imagination will insist on finding shapes—a face, an eagle, maybe even a nude figure. What do you see?"
Fire doesn’t just burn—it performs.
It's The most primal theater of wild imagination.
"These are Dr.PhldrmauZ’s 'Magical Flames'—timeless, one-of-a-kind, and nearly impossible to recreate. After 60,000 attempts, I surrendered. Now, you can own them as wall art or exclusive custom merch. Each piece is crafted with your favorite flame. Passion fuels every spark."
Magical Flames
Frozen in Time
Step into the Dr.PhldrmauZ Experience
(Read Dr.PhldrmauZ as: Doctor FledermauZ)
Step in my Citroën CX 1985, a Charming Zeppelin of the Roads to Nowhere.
Handpainted Black. Official Phldr-Car.
Names: Lola / The Wild Fire Bull / El Toro del Fuego/ El Matador
Fasten your seatbelt and buckle up.
Ready?Let's go!!!
Nice Merchandise
"No one can reproduce these flames —not even by A.I.!"
"World's First True Magical Flames – Discovered in 2012. A hypnotic collection of 69 mystery pareidolia, hidden in real fire. These fleeting visions are nature's own mirages."
Books
"Hardcover treasures—filled with captivating images, poetry, and tales. Perfect to enjoy or gift."
Adventurous Home Styling
"Unleash Your Magic.
Within & Around You.
Cleanse. Attract. Transform.
69 Natural Designs – Where Fire Whispers Secrets."
“Not a painter, not a digital art—I'm a chrono-hunter.”
"I am the Jedi master of waiting for that perfect moment"
This is not a ‘photo'. This is a time capsule of chaos.
This flame flashed like this only once in 13.8 billion years—and I was there to capture it.
Hot & Nice
Merchandise
"Elevate Your Style with PhldrmauZ.
69 Original Flame Designs – or Bespoke Creations. Wear the Unrepeatable."
"My camera is a time machine for flames."
Smell
Good
Look
Sharp
Feel
Sexy
Be
Hot
"These picture weren't taken—they were fought for. 1/1. Like the bull that never makes the same charge twice."
Dr.PhldrmauZ: “Nature played before me, and I frooze
her secret dance."
“I'M A PHOTOGRAPHIC TIME TRAVELLER WHO CAPTURED COINCIDENCES
IN ONE-THOUSANDTH OF A SECOND!”
Surround yourself in natural passion
PhldrmauZ Car Design
Where steel meets fire.
69 signature flames or bespoke artistry. Own the road.
Stand Out in the Crowd!
69 Specific Pictures are World Wide New and Profound!
Let’s do the math (because science is sexy):
The odds of capturing the same pareidolia flame twice?
1 in 1,000 (rare image) × 1 in 1,000 (split-second timing) × 1 in ∞ (angle) × 1 in ∞ (moment) = 1 in a million × infinity².
Translation: It’s cosmically impossible.
"Recapturing a flame’s pareidolia? Not in this universe’s lifetime."
The Story behind it All
Back in 2012 Dr.PhldrmauZ made some "lucky shot" pictures of a specific flickering flame. A series of well over 60.000 different shots, which presented about 69 imaginative shots, so called mystery pareidolia.. All 59.940 other pictures were just regular flames. Beautiful, but not that special. Approximately 1 in 1000 pictures of the flame gave an obvious imaginative picture to see/discover. All 60.000 pictures were taken randomly and intuitively. In only 1/1000 of a second you can get a clean and sharp shot of fire. Take thereby in consideration that the picture was taken from a specific standpoint in time out from an infinite amount of different possible perpectives to choose from and timeframes to choose from in that exact moment, to show something more than only just a regularflame.
The insanely high impropability of creating an identical shot of natural pareidolia in a flickering fire ever, without the use of Artifical Intelligence. It's virtually impossible to recreate. That's why these special pareidolia pictures of a flickering flame are so pressious and valuable.
Highly Imaginative
No A.I involved
Pure & Raw Nature
Unique Worldwide
Never Seen Before!
Welcome to the flaming Legacy of Dr.PhldrmauZ
"Discover Dr.PhldrmauZ's Magical Fire Photographs
Pure nature's art – no AI, just alchemy of flame (since 2012).
*A mesmerizing 10-minute visual meditation – breathe, relax, wonder.
Nature's rarest pareidolia captured in fire
One sweltering summer evening in 2012, Dr. PhldrmauZ found himself hypnotized by a dancing tongue of fire. In its erratic flicker—just for a fraction of a second—something impossible winked back. A face? A creature? A cosmic joke? Gone before he could name it.
But oh, the wild ones never let mystery sleep.
Armed with nothing but a camera and the stubbornness of a man who’d wrestle the universe for its secrets, he began the Hunt. 60,000 shots. 60,000 stolen moments where fire contorted itself into fleeting Rorschachs—laughing, snarling, making love in the shadows. Most were just heat and light. But a few…
A few were alive.
One frame in particular stopped his breath. There, in the chaos of combustion: a portrait fire had painted of itself when it thought no one was looking. Later, he’d learn the clinical term—pareidolia, the mind’s desperate romance with patterns—but labels can’t cage what he’d witnessed.
This wasn’t seeing shapes in clouds. This was catching God mid-doodle in the margins of reality.
Fire had spoken. And Dr. PhldrmauZ?
He’d been the only one listening.
After thoughts of visitors at exhibitions
Commentaren gefilterd uit het gastenboek van PhldrmauZ' Expo's
- Very, very beautiful! Also nice thought to create a series. Thank you, Mieke Niek"-
- "Beautiful! There are all kinds of images to see in the flames according to your own imagination." -
- "What a beautiful photographes!
D. de Gooijer" -
- "Each image has no equal, just as each person is unique.
Beautifully depicted!
by Unknown" -
Artistical viewpoint put in words by Emmy.
- "Its a nice experience to look at flames in this way. Normally I also stare into the flames and that's very calming. (Although also slightly blinding). Now it was interesting to see the stillness of the flame in the fire and to try to see shapes in it. How the human brain immediately starts looking for something recognizable and thus wants to decipher the 'language of fire'. However, the flames are also beautiful in their abstraction and elusiveness of fire. Beautiful exhibition and elemental research of fire.
Emmy" -
The PhldrmauZ Story
2012 is the Year that Dr.PhldrmauZ was Spiritually Born.
In that Year he was Given a Message through in his Photocamera.
A Mysterious Message seen by Chance in a small Flickering Fire.
Exhibitions and International Recognition
2020 Expo
2022 Market Stall
2023 Expo
- "Great photos, super idea!!
Stimulating the imagination! Thanks
Ingrid + Onista from Oberhausen. 10-13-'23" -
- "A flying swan, a crawling mushroom, animals, buttocks and flowers, skull, and so on!!
Very nice Stephan!! Nice to see you again. Tineke Flipse" -
2024 Expo
Templum Admirandi, Tempel der Verwondering
Een combi van vuurfoto's, symmetrische bamboe constructie en bijzondere kleurenfoto's van Dr.PhldrmauZ.
Constructiedesign door Dr.PhldrmauZ
- "What an idea! Beautiful.
Joke Lammers" -
Dance Festival 2024
- "Unique" -
- "Very Impressive! P. Builtjes" -
Buy and Show Off!
Be Unique
On Fire and
Unstoppable
Choose
Your Own Flame
Right About Now
A Small Little Warning and Some Gentle Advice.
All PhldrmauZ Pictures Are Officially Registered and Preserved.
No Reproduction Allowed Without Offical Documented Consent.
Official Sale Only @ www.phldrmauz.com
Go for the Real Deal
and
Watch Out for Fake.!
Stephan Laarhuis = Dr.PhldrmauZ
Het Leven is een gevaarlijke kans en een kansrijk gevaar tegelijkertijd. Pluk daarom de dag en maak er een mooi avonturenverhaal van. Iedereen is het middelpunt van de cosmos. Jij dus ook in jouw verhaal! Dit ben ik en dit is wat ik aanbied voor jou. Mocht ik wat voor je kunnen betekenen, dan laat me dat maar weten. Ik help je graag. Aangenaam kennis te maken. Ik zal mij even verder voorstellen.
The Man, The Myth, The Legend
Prometheus,
Giver of Fire
Prometheus is a figure from Greek mythology who is seen as the protector of mankind. Out of love for mankind, Prometheus stole fire from the Olympian Gods and gave it to mankind. He taught mankind how to work metal with it and taught them science and art. Prometheus was presented as a teacher and inventor who taught mankind mutual respect and taught them to think ahead.
Creator: Dr.PhldrmauZ
Claimer of his own Destiny
Pioneer in his Expressions
Wise by Trial, Error, Never
Ever Giving Up and Keep Going!
Multi Talented Artist
Spirited Sjaman by Nature.
Forever
Young and Playful
Having
Lust for Life and Phantasy
Exclusive "Bedroom" Merchandise
- "Talking to fire
I will miss you and keep missing you
Just missed and being missed
Just missed the chance by missing you again
Missing you is something that keeps the mystery alive
Ruben Smit
Well done doctor!
Great to have met you." -
Dream Big, They Say
Okay, I Say.
Let's Go Beyond the Moon and Back!!!
Are You In for this Mystical Adventure?
