Tommy Judge named his Two Heads Milk Bar for the two headed calf foetus he found while slaughtering a cow in 1961.

The milk bar is long gone, but the image lives on as part of the Westography project, documenting the people and places that make up Melbourne's changing western suburbs.

Warren Kirk is the project photographer and caught Tommy with the calf's skull in front of the Seddon milk bar in the 1990s.

"I'm attempting to capture the last of the old school western suburbs, what's disappearing gradually - or not so gradually," Warren told 774 ABC Melbourne.

Warren Kirk photographed Maria in her Yarraville home wearing her home-knitted Western Bulldogs jumper and beanie. ( Supplied: Warren Kirk )

"I'm interested in the mundane," said Warren. "I like to find beauty in the commonplace."

"I guess what I'm attempting to do is capture a moment in time that is actually now, but it's got its foot well in the past by about 30 or 40 years.

The project is also about capturing the industrial buildings, old shop fronts and quirky front yards that are disappearing from Melbourne's western suburbs as gentrification takes hold.

The front yard of a house in Sunshine, in Melbourne's West, captured by Warren Kirk as part of his Westography project ( Supplied: Warren Kirk )

Warren loves how wandering the streets with a camera produces "serendipitous" moments, such as the time he met Spotswood resident Valentina.

"I had stopped to photograph the caravan in her front yard and Valentina was walking up the street in her dressing gown.

"She asked me if I wanted to buy the caravan."

Spotswood resident Valentina was walking up the street in her dressing gown as Warren was taking photos of the caravan in her front yard. ( Supplied: Warren Kirk )

Part of the Westographer project is capturing the characters of the western suburbs, "people who have lived in the same house for 30, 40, 50 years".

One such character was Java, who lived near Warren in Seddon.

"I would see him sweeping the front path and I didn't realise he was blind until I actually got to talk to him," Warren said.

"Whenever you saw him he had the beanie on and the dressing gown, no matter what time of day."

Seddon man Java was wearing a beanie and dressing gown whenever Warren Kirk saw him, no matter what time of day ( Supplied: Warren Kirk )

Warren Kirk now has more than 1000 photos on his Westographer Flickr page and adds a new photo every day.

Some of his work has been acquired by the State Library of Victoria as part of their photographic archive.

"It's lovely to think that it's going to outlive me."