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Paul Hamon aged 7 in the family kitchen, Pooraka, Adelaide, early 1980

23 / 52 PH-1980-001 early 1980 (first half) · Kitchen, Home, Pooraka, Adelaide, South Australia
Seven-year-old Paul Hamon in a navy zip-up jacket with a swimming patch and grey shorts stands in the family kitchen, Pooraka, Adelaide, early 1980. A brown ceramic teapot and small toy piano sit on the bench. Digitally restored version.

Restored1728 × 2450 Source type: edited using generative AI

Seven-year-old Paul Hamon in a navy zip-up jacket with a swimming patch and grey shorts stands in the family kitchen, Pooraka, Adelaide, early 1980. A brown ceramic teapot and small toy piano sit on the bench. Original print.

Original328 × 465 Source type: digitised from print

Seven-year-old Paul Hamon stands in the family kitchen at home in Pooraka, Adelaide, during the first half of 1980. He is wearing a navy blue zip-up jacket featuring a swimming achievement patch and grey shorts. The kitchen bench holds everyday items of the time, including a brown ceramic teapot (in which his mother kept spare emergency money) and a small white Casino toy piano keyboard. Photograph by Howard Hamon. The original print has been cleaned, colour-corrected and upscaled with generative AI while preserving the original expression and domestic details.

Subjects
Paul Hamon
Event
At home in the kitchen
Photographer
Howard Hamon
Restoration notes
Colour correction, cleaning, and upscaling performed with generative AI. Composition, expression and domestic details preserved from original.
Credit
Photograph by Howard Hamon. Author’s collection.
Rights
© Howard Hamon / Hamon family collection. All rights reserved.
Keywords
Paul Hamon 1980, Pooraka Adelaide, Hamon family kitchen, 1980s Australian home, childhood swimming award, Howard Hamon photographer, early 1980 Adelaide