Hi! I'm Socar Myles. I like rats, birds, birdwatching, practical jokes, and soup. I don't like horses, bad weather, Ray Romano's voice, or turnips. I live in Vancouver, BC, at the moment. The summers are nice, but the winters are wetter than a dishrag that got thrown into a swimming pool, then, after being sucked into the sewer through the drainage system, floated merrily out to sea. All winter long, I look forward to summer. All summer long, I pretend to languish in the head, but I secretly love it.
Socar's flickr identity, bigfatrat, while very desriptive does little to prepare you for the beautifully composed and rendered photographs of everyday things combined with the humourous stories. On this site, every picture tells a story, and every story is illustrated with a picture. The honest, thoughtful exploration of the day to day mundane elements of life through pictures is brought to new levels by the personal humour and philosophy of Socar. Oh, and did I mention the rats...
Testimonial written by Paul Romaniuk