In The News
Local Business and Community Spotlight: Imran Abul Kashem
- Guzman Finance
2025
A local business spotlight on Westend Photography's founding and growth.
Imran's Learning Journey: From Garage Startup to Thriving Entrepreneur
- Wyndham City Council (LearnWest)
2025
A feature on Imran's path from a garage startup to six ventures, his plans to franchise Westend Photography, and a new photography book due in 2026.
Clean Up Australia Day: Watton St Business Clean Up Event
- Werribee River Association
2025
Imran co-organised a community clean-up of the Werribee CBD and river with Watton Street businesses and Wyndham City Council.
MY WYNDHAM: Imran Akm
- Windermere Community News
2024
Profile piece on Imran's journey from journalist to entrepreneur and photographer, covering his community work in Werribee.
Wyndham Business Awards finalists announced
- Star Weekly
2024
Imran named a finalist for Business Person of the Year in the 2024 Wyndham Business Awards.
Lalor Local Heroes Award
- Werribee River Association
2022
Imran received the 2022 Lalor Local Heroes Award, alongside Rob Bradley and John Marks, for community and environmental work.
Photo essay: Evening at Werribee South jetty
- Star Weekly
2021
A photo essay on the Werribee South jetty, described by Imran as a "photographer's heaven.
Brand New Photography Studio in Werribee City Centre
- Wyndham TV
2021
Coverage of Westend Photography's move into its Watton Street studio, the first commercial photography studio in Werribee City Centre in over 20 years.
Werribee South in focus
- Star Weekly
2021
Coverage of a free landscape photography workshop and photo tour Imran ran through Wyndham Together during COVID-19.
Images tell age-old migrant story
- AMES Australia
2020
An in-depth profile on the Green Wedge and Same/Different books, and Imran's path from journalist in Bangladesh to documentary photographer in Melbourne's west.
Life in the Green Wedge for Imran
- Star Weekly
2019
Coverage of the four-year documentary project that became the Green Wedge book, and Imran's appointment as a Multicultural Arts Victoria Emerge ambassador.
Imran portrays Australia's social change through documentary photography
- SBS Bangla
2019
An audio interview on the launch of the Green Wedge book and the NEW exhibition at Wyndham Art Gallery.
Happy travels for Wyndham snappers
- Star Weekly
2019
Coverage of the Happy Travels exhibition, featuring Imran's photography from a trip to Japan funded by a State Government Mobility Grant.
Photographer to raise funds
- Star Weekly
2019
Coverage of Imran's "It's Time To Shine" fundraiser, donating half of every headshot session's fee to Werribee Mercy Hospital.
NEW exhibition
- Decade Wyndham (exhibition catalogue)
2019
Imran's Green Wedge photography featured in Wyndham City's NEW exhibition of emerging local artists.
MY WYNDHAM: Imran Akm
- Star Weekly
2017
An early profile/interview on Imran's move to Wyndham, his documentary interests, and his dream of running a photography festival in the area.
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