What the device showed: photo portals and human energy
People often describe goosebumps, warmth and trembling fingers in front of photo portals. We wanted to see whether this response shows up in the body's readings, so we ran a pilot study with Bio-Well, a gas discharge visualization device. It captures the glow around the fingertips and uses it to calculate a person's overall energy level, heart energy and stress level.
Film about the study, 10 minutes, in Russian with English subtitles. Watch on YouTube
Key numbers
Measurements of 17 participants. Averages are calculated among those whose reading rose.
How the study went
Baseline
The participant rests for five minutes, then the device captures the glow of all ten fingers. The measurement is taken twice and averaged.
First contact
The person chooses the photo portal that resonates most and simply looks at it for a few minutes, with no instructions. Then two more measurements.
Guided connection
Fifteen minutes of the author's guided connection by voice, the same for everyone. Participants seem to fly to the same photo portal, stay with the details that catch the eye, feel the air, the sounds and the colour, and then return to their state. The guided connection suggests nothing and does not tell anyone what to feel. Then a new measurement.
Final measurement
A short interview about the experience, followed by the final measurement.
All measurements took place in the same room, and the device was calibrated before each participant. Hands clean and dry, no rings or watches, at least two hours after a meal.
What we saw
The heart opens first. After just a few minutes in front of a photo portal, heart energy rose in three quarters of participants. The overall energy level follows, and by the end of the study it is above baseline in three quarters as well. The heart seems to set off the response of the whole body.
The voice barely changed the overall energy level: +3.9% after the silent contact with a photo portal and +4.0% after the guided connection. The main shift comes from the photo portal itself.
Is 4% a lot? Bio-Well's large dataset, hundreds of thousands of measurements worldwide, shows that a strong magnetic storm lowers the overall energy level by 4-5% on average. Here the shift is of the same size, only upward.
The response did not depend on whether a person had seen these works before, although about half of the participants met photo portals for the first time. Tears and strong emotions during the session did not directly match the device readings either.
What comes next
This is a pilot study with 17 participants, held in Moscow in 2026. We record the response and keep observing; in the next stages the sample will be increased.
Online study
After the Bio-Well pilot we built an online study open to everyone. It measures the response in real time, wherever you are.
Teleportation Session
Five minutes with one place of power and your pulse measured before and after, right from your phone camera. No registration.
Photo portals in the world press
…To me this isn't only a photo, it's a work of art. Its painterly quality, plus the graphic nature of the landscape, takes this beyond an ordinary aerial photoshoot. Yes, it's right place at the right time, but it's technically impressive in that it's absolutely sharp and crisp. I hope to see more of your photos!
Also: Daily Mail, The Atlantic, The Sun, The Sunday Times Travel Magazine, Bild, GEO, Vanity Fair, My Modern Met, New Atlas, TASS.
Films from places of power
What people say
“Within a few seconds I was deeply immersed in my body. Calm and joy came. And a message from this portal: you can lean on the world.”
Stanislav, something incredible has just happened to me (and is still happening). My first look at the photograph: a smile from ear to ear and such joyful jubilation inside: "Oh, I know this! This energy is familiar to me."
And then it hit me: as if an osteopath took me gently and firmly by the shoulders, put a knee against my thoracic spine and began to straighten my back, strongly and gently. My shoulders turned and dropped back, my neck began to lengthen, the crown of my head up, my chest opened, and I still can't slouch the way I usually do.
And yet there is no tension, inside there is absolute calm and jubilation. I don't yet understand what these energies are doing with my body, but I really like it! Thank you from my heart for sharing this miracle!
This is another long-held dream of ours: a photograph of the planet by Stanislav. It is our wedding gift to ourselves. It carries a very powerful meaning.
myfamilyschoolA wedding gift to themselves
Pure joy. I can really feel the energy of the work in the space. When I buy a house, I'll order a few more works in a large size.
Natali ApraksinaWith her photo portal at homeAll portals are fantastic, they are so alive. The portal I chose took me deep into sensations, as if I were flying and seeing the place with my own eyes. While watching, I felt my whole body. It raised feelings and emotions.
Thank you, Stanislav, for your gift to the world.
Every one of your works definitely changes the chemistry of the body. It is like a beacon, a tuning fork: you have forgotten a little, then suddenly, look, remember, and move on.
My eldest son says: turn this song on for me, it will help me remember who I am and why I was created.
Incredibly beautiful artwork. Seeing the rivers like veins of life.
It felt as if my spine began to warm up and the warmth spread inside. Grounded and filled.
For me it's not really a piece of art, it's much more important. I feel the energy of Gaia that you convey through this photograph.
Rivers like thoughts, energy spilling into something bigger: desires, actions, events.
My biggest insight from this journey is that fear is inside me, and I can just let it out.
I can breathe, an inner warmth has appeared, I want to live.
A feeling of freshness and lightness. You feel it with your body, with your eyes.
Expansion. The body has no boundaries.
It was wonderful, five minutes of silence and calm. How beautiful our planet is. Words can't convey it, you have to feel it, and that is what just happened.