Paul Hamon aged 3 on his yellow tricycle, Pooraka, 1975

Toddler boy smiles while sitting on a yellow tricycle in a sunlit hallway with wooden floors, Pooraka, Adelaide, 1975. Digitally restored version. — Three-year-old Paul Hamon sits smiling on a yellow tricycle with red seat and pedals in the hallway of the Pooraka house in 1975. He is shirtless, wearing blue shorts and sandals. The wooden floor has not yet been carpeted, and sunlight filters through the period amber glass panel with its circular pattern. The tricycle was probably a birthday gift and the start of a lifelong love of bicycles. Photograph by Howard Hamon. The restored version has been cleaned, colour-corrected and upscaled with generative AI while preserving the original expression and warm lighting.

Toddler boy smiles while sitting on a yellow tricycle in a sunlit hallway with wooden floors, Pooraka, Adelaide, 1975. Original print. — Three-year-old Paul Hamon sits smiling on a yellow tricycle with red seat and pedals in the hallway of the Pooraka house in 1975. He is shirtless, wearing blue shorts and sandals. The wooden floor has not yet been carpeted, and sunlight filters through the period amber glass panel with its circular pattern. The tricycle was probably a birthday gift and the start of a lifelong love of bicycles. Photograph by Howard Hamon. The restored version has been cleaned, colour-corrected and upscaled with generative AI while preserving the original expression and warm lighting.

Subjects: Paul Hamon
Event: Riding the new tricycle
Photographer: Howard Hamon
Restoration notes: Colour correction, cleaning and upscaling performed with generative AI. Composition, expression and lighting preserved from original.
Credit: Photograph by Howard Hamon. Author’s collection.
Keywords: Paul Hamon 1975, tricycle, hallway, Pooraka Adelaide, 1970s, Howard Hamon photographer, childhood bicycle