Paul Hamon with Humphrey B. Bear at Nana and Papa Drogemuller’s, Croydon Park, 1977

Young boy in a knitted jumper holds a soft toy bear and a small object in a lounge room with patterned wallpaper, Croydon Park, Adelaide, 1977. Digitally colourised and restored version. — Paul Hamon, aged about four or five, stands in the lounge room of Nana Shirley and Papa Allan Drogemuller’s house in Croydon Park, Adelaide, in 1977. He holds a cassette or small object in one hand and clutches his Humphrey B. Bear soft toy under the other arm. The bear was a cherished comfort toy that was eventually loved to death and decay. Patterned wallpaper and a brick fireplace or shelf unit are visible in the background. Photograph by Howard Hamon. The original is a black-and-white print; the restored version has been colourised, cleaned and upscaled with generative AI.

Young boy in a knitted jumper holds a soft toy bear and a small object in a lounge room with patterned wallpaper, Croydon Park, Adelaide, 1977. Original black-and-white print. — Paul Hamon, aged about four or five, stands in the lounge room of Nana Shirley and Papa Allan Drogemuller’s house in Croydon Park, Adelaide, in 1977. He holds a cassette or small object in one hand and clutches his Humphrey B. Bear soft toy under the other arm. The bear was a cherished comfort toy that was eventually loved to death and decay. Patterned wallpaper and a brick fireplace or shelf unit are visible in the background. Photograph by Howard Hamon. The original is a black-and-white print; the restored version has been colourised, cleaned and upscaled with generative AI.

Subjects: Paul Hamon; Humphrey B. Bear (toy)
Event: Visit to grandparents with comfort toy
Photographer: Howard Hamon
Restoration notes: Colourisation, cleaning and upscaling performed with generative AI. Composition and expression preserved from original black-and-white print.
Credit: Photograph by Howard Hamon. Author’s collection.
Keywords: Paul Hamon 1977, Humphrey B Bear, Croydon Park, Drogemuller, comfort toy, Howard Hamon photographer, 1970s