Jack MacAulay was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan in 1941. He has been processing his black and white photography from 1954 to present day. He taught photography and design at K-W Collegiate and Vocational School, and part-time at Conestoga College for many years. he has been actively exhibiting his work since 1976, in southern Ontario, the United States, and his ancestral homeland of Scotland. He has lived in Waterloo Region since 1965.