Paul Hamon aged 2 years 4 months in the backyard, Pooraka, Adelaide, January 1975

Toddler Paul Hamon walks on the lawn near a red ride-on toy and flowering bottlebrush in front of a brick house, Pooraka, Adelaide, January 1975. Digitally restored version. — Two-year-and-four-month-old Paul Hamon walks across the lawn in the family backyard at Pooraka, Adelaide, in January 1975. A red plastic ride-on toy is visible behind him and a bottlebrush tree is in flower. In the 1970s the three-bedroom house had a large yard. Howard and Desrae Hamon planted a bottlebrush for each son at birth; the trees remained until the property was sold around 2018. Photograph by Howard Hamon. The original print has been cleaned, colour-corrected and upscaled with generative AI while preserving the original scene.

Toddler Paul Hamon walks on the lawn near a red ride-on toy and flowering bottlebrush in front of a brick house, Pooraka, Adelaide, January 1975. Original print. — Two-year-and-four-month-old Paul Hamon walks across the lawn in the family backyard at Pooraka, Adelaide, in January 1975. A red plastic ride-on toy is visible behind him and a bottlebrush tree is in flower. In the 1970s the three-bedroom house had a large yard. Howard and Desrae Hamon planted a bottlebrush for each son at birth; the trees remained until the property was sold around 2018. Photograph by Howard Hamon. The original print has been cleaned, colour-corrected and upscaled with generative AI while preserving the original scene.

Subjects: Paul Hamon
Event: Toddler in the backyard
Photographer: Howard Hamon
Restoration notes: Colour correction, cleaning, and upscaling performed with generative AI. Composition and scene preserved from original.
Credit: Photograph by Howard Hamon. Author’s collection.
Keywords: Paul Hamon 1975, toddler, Pooraka Adelaide, bottlebrush, 1970s backyard, Howard Hamon photographer, January 1975