Doug MacLellan
@douglasmaclellan.bsky.social
Photographer. Long career getting longer! Currently finishing two bodies of work about communities—a nonprofit in Canada, a hospital in Sub-Saharan Africa. Oh yeah! Three books published by Black Moss Press, Windsor. Can you dig it! www.douglasmaclellan.ca
Windsor, Canada, 2025. Homelessness, addiction, mental health issues, loneliness, young and old, rich and poor. I see it everywhere I travel in Canada. Complicated subject. Good people doing good work, which I find inspiring.
November 9, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Windsor, Canada, 2025. Homelessness, addiction, mental health issues, loneliness, young and old, rich and poor. I see it everywhere I travel in Canada. Complicated subject. Good people doing good work, which I find inspiring.
Sometimes you just have to face stuff head on.
February 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Sometimes you just have to face stuff head on.
Detroit River from Alexandra Park parking lot, Windsor, Ontario, 2025.
February 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Detroit River from Alexandra Park parking lot, Windsor, Ontario, 2025.
All this talk from the neighbouring country to the north—it is a geographical oddity—and the grey winter days are accumulating on my soul!!!
February 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
All this talk from the neighbouring country to the north—it is a geographical oddity—and the grey winter days are accumulating on my soul!!!
Street photography is fun and challenging. But I've been making more and more images of inanimate scenes. They are good but I always like the human presence. I'm speaking from a perspective of a 45+ year career of almost exclusively photographing people. But I really like my visual compositions.
January 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Street photography is fun and challenging. But I've been making more and more images of inanimate scenes. They are good but I always like the human presence. I'm speaking from a perspective of a 45+ year career of almost exclusively photographing people. But I really like my visual compositions.
I used to love taking street photos but stopped for any number of reasons. I tried today but moving on. Fun though.
About the photo: Graffiti by Athena (Briana Benore) and a passerby not too far from the tunnel border, Windsor, Ontario, 2025.
About the photo: Graffiti by Athena (Briana Benore) and a passerby not too far from the tunnel border, Windsor, Ontario, 2025.
January 31, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I used to love taking street photos but stopped for any number of reasons. I tried today but moving on. Fun though.
About the photo: Graffiti by Athena (Briana Benore) and a passerby not too far from the tunnel border, Windsor, Ontario, 2025.
About the photo: Graffiti by Athena (Briana Benore) and a passerby not too far from the tunnel border, Windsor, Ontario, 2025.
Inspired by @stephanienolen.bsky.social 's NYT eye surgery article, I present my similar but different one from Zimbabwe. A two day cataract clinic at Karanda Mission Hospital in the Mt. Darwin area. Surgery by Dr. Angela Gwariro. A really upbeat story. The patients can see again!
January 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Inspired by @stephanienolen.bsky.social 's NYT eye surgery article, I present my similar but different one from Zimbabwe. A two day cataract clinic at Karanda Mission Hospital in the Mt. Darwin area. Surgery by Dr. Angela Gwariro. A really upbeat story. The patients can see again!
What is the value of the still image, a digital still capture, these days? I'm not so sure and I've been on the case for 46 years!
About this digital still capture: Landpeary Park, Windsor, Ontario, 2025.
About this digital still capture: Landpeary Park, Windsor, Ontario, 2025.
January 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
What is the value of the still image, a digital still capture, these days? I'm not so sure and I've been on the case for 46 years!
About this digital still capture: Landpeary Park, Windsor, Ontario, 2025.
About this digital still capture: Landpeary Park, Windsor, Ontario, 2025.
Traveling quite a bit the last 11 months—Africa, Kitchener, Toronto, Vancouver. Some for professional photography, other for family reasons. That's unusual and happy to be on the road (or train, in this case.)
January 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Traveling quite a bit the last 11 months—Africa, Kitchener, Toronto, Vancouver. Some for professional photography, other for family reasons. That's unusual and happy to be on the road (or train, in this case.)
A foreign country, our so called best friend, threatens to cause meaningful economic harm to my country. Both countries enjoy a free trade agreement negotiated by the leader of that friendly country yet Here Come the Tariffs. Who benefits?
Anyway, here is a photo from my front door.
Anyway, here is a photo from my front door.
January 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM
A foreign country, our so called best friend, threatens to cause meaningful economic harm to my country. Both countries enjoy a free trade agreement negotiated by the leader of that friendly country yet Here Come the Tariffs. Who benefits?
Anyway, here is a photo from my front door.
Anyway, here is a photo from my front door.
What a day. A foreign leader is threatening to take over my country and willing to use "economic means" to do so.
Here's a picture of the monkey bars at my local park.
Sheesh.
Here's a picture of the monkey bars at my local park.
Sheesh.
January 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
What a day. A foreign leader is threatening to take over my country and willing to use "economic means" to do so.
Here's a picture of the monkey bars at my local park.
Sheesh.
Here's a picture of the monkey bars at my local park.
Sheesh.
Lanspeary Park, Windsor, Ontario, 2024
I've posted photos to represent what I've done and what I'm doing in photography. I photograph specific communities in Canada and Africa. Colour, light, long form are my techniques, people generally are my subject. That's my slow introduction to you on Bluesky!
I've posted photos to represent what I've done and what I'm doing in photography. I photograph specific communities in Canada and Africa. Colour, light, long form are my techniques, people generally are my subject. That's my slow introduction to you on Bluesky!
December 15, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Lanspeary Park, Windsor, Ontario, 2024
I've posted photos to represent what I've done and what I'm doing in photography. I photograph specific communities in Canada and Africa. Colour, light, long form are my techniques, people generally are my subject. That's my slow introduction to you on Bluesky!
I've posted photos to represent what I've done and what I'm doing in photography. I photograph specific communities in Canada and Africa. Colour, light, long form are my techniques, people generally are my subject. That's my slow introduction to you on Bluesky!
Gignac Park, Windsor, Ontario, 2024
Making digital still captures around home and in between projects.
Making digital still captures around home and in between projects.
December 13, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Gignac Park, Windsor, Ontario, 2024
Making digital still captures around home and in between projects.
Making digital still captures around home and in between projects.
Francis, Victoria Weber tent encampment, Kitchener, 2023.
Detectives and cleaners, Victoria Weber tent encampment, Kitchener, 2024.
I have thoughts about the use of the notwithstanding clause to tear down this and other encampments. This is the camp that lead to the charter challenge. They won.
Detectives and cleaners, Victoria Weber tent encampment, Kitchener, 2024.
I have thoughts about the use of the notwithstanding clause to tear down this and other encampments. This is the camp that lead to the charter challenge. They won.
December 11, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Francis, Victoria Weber tent encampment, Kitchener, 2023.
Detectives and cleaners, Victoria Weber tent encampment, Kitchener, 2024.
I have thoughts about the use of the notwithstanding clause to tear down this and other encampments. This is the camp that lead to the charter challenge. They won.
Detectives and cleaners, Victoria Weber tent encampment, Kitchener, 2024.
I have thoughts about the use of the notwithstanding clause to tear down this and other encampments. This is the camp that lead to the charter challenge. They won.
Kenya, 2004. Reviewing my archive. The Global Aware assignment covering AMREF Canada projects in Uganda complete, I end up in and around Amboseli and Tsavo national parks with new friends. Not a camera geek but I loved the Canon G5—slow, pokey, chest high to use.
December 10, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Kenya, 2004. Reviewing my archive. The Global Aware assignment covering AMREF Canada projects in Uganda complete, I end up in and around Amboseli and Tsavo national parks with new friends. Not a camera geek but I loved the Canon G5—slow, pokey, chest high to use.
Paul Thistle, a Canadian doctor working in Zimbabwe, was announced as one of two runners up for the humanitarian Rotary International The One Award in Hong Kong last night. He picks up US$50,000 for Karanda Mission Hospital. Fantastic! I started long form photography of Paul's good work in 2001.
November 20, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Paul Thistle, a Canadian doctor working in Zimbabwe, was announced as one of two runners up for the humanitarian Rotary International The One Award in Hong Kong last night. He picks up US$50,000 for Karanda Mission Hospital. Fantastic! I started long form photography of Paul's good work in 2001.
November 19, 2024 at 9:20 PM