Paul Hamon’s first Christmas with family, Semaphore Park, 1972

Family seated around a dining table; a woman in the foreground holds a baby, Semaphore Park, Adelaide, Christmas 1972. Digitally colourised and restored version. — Family gathered around the dining table for Christmas at the Hamon grandparents’ home in Semaphore Park, Adelaide, in 1972. In the foreground Desrae Hamon holds her six-week-old son Paul. Seated around the table are grandmother Evelyn Hamon, uncles Dean Hamon and Russell Hamon, and grandfather Keith Hamon. This is Paul Hamon’s first Christmas. Photograph by Howard Hamon. The original is a black-and-white print; the restored version has been colourised, cleaned and upscaled with generative AI while preserving the original composition and expressions.

Family seated around a dining table; a woman in the foreground holds a baby, Semaphore Park, Adelaide, Christmas 1972. Original black-and-white print. — Family gathered around the dining table for Christmas at the Hamon grandparents’ home in Semaphore Park, Adelaide, in 1972. In the foreground Desrae Hamon holds her six-week-old son Paul. Seated around the table are grandmother Evelyn Hamon, uncles Dean Hamon and Russell Hamon, and grandfather Keith Hamon. This is Paul Hamon’s first Christmas. Photograph by Howard Hamon. The original is a black-and-white print; the restored version has been colourised, cleaned and upscaled with generative AI while preserving the original composition and expressions.

Subjects: Paul Hamon; Desrae Hamon; Evelyn Hamon; Dean Hamon; Russell Hamon; Keith Hamon
Event: Paul Hamon’s first Christmas
Photographer: Howard Hamon
Restoration notes: Colourisation, cleaning and upscaling performed with generative AI. Composition and expressions preserved from original black-and-white print.
Credit: Photograph by Howard Hamon. Author’s collection.
Keywords: Paul Hamon 1972, first Christmas, Semaphore Park, Evelyn Hamon, Keith Hamon, Desrae Hamon, Dean Hamon, Russell Hamon, Howard Hamon photographer, baby