WATCH: Falmouth photographer's powerful lockdown photo series

Ian Butler, a 54-year-old engineer and on-call fireman from Falmouth, has been taking pictures around the community to capture the crazy times we're currently living through.

Completely self-taught and a resident of Falmouth for all of his life, Ian is inspired by the works of other black and white street photographers - Alan Schaller, Sean Tucker and Kevin Mullins.

Ian spoke to Nub News about the motivation for beginning his photo diary:

"It was the day my daughter visited on Mother's Day and couldn't give her love to us.

"I took a photo through the glass which was very emotive to me, so from that moment I thought while we were in lockdown and I was allowed an hour exercise each day, I would walk my dog and take my camera with me and fulfil my passion for photography.

"Documenting these unprecedented times and creating a COVID-diary of people in the community, belonging to my hometown Falmouth. "