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Mark Hamon’s first day of school with Paul, Pooraka, Adelaide, January 1981

28 / 52 PH-1981-001 January 1981 · Front yard, Home, Pooraka, Adelaide, South Australia
Two boys in grey school uniforms stand on a suburban footpath; the older boy holds a black satchel covered in stickers, the younger holds a brown satchel, Pooraka, Adelaide, January 1981. Digitally restored version.

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Two boys in grey school uniforms stand on a suburban footpath; the older boy holds a black satchel covered in stickers, the younger holds a brown satchel, Pooraka, Adelaide, January 1981. Original print.

Original261 × 260 Source type: digitised from print

Brothers Paul and Mark Hamon stand on the front footpath at their Pooraka home in January 1981 on Mark’s first day of school. Paul (left, recently turned 8) wears the grey school uniform and holds his black satchel covered in travel and novelty stickers collected over three years of school, including Grand Canyon National Park and Melbourne Australia. Mark (right, just turned 5) stands beside him in the same uniform, one hand near his mouth, holding a plain brown satchel. Photograph by Howard Hamon. The restored version has been cleaned, colour-corrected and upscaled with generative AI while preserving the original expressions and details.

Subjects
Paul Hamon; Mark Hamon
Event
Mark Hamon first day of school
Photographer
Howard Hamon
Restoration notes
Colour correction, cleaning and upscaling performed with generative AI. Composition and expressions preserved from original.
Credit
Photograph by Howard Hamon. Author’s collection.
Rights
© Howard Hamon / Hamon family collection. All rights reserved.
Keywords
Mark Hamon first day school, Paul Hamon, Pooraka Adelaide, 1981 school uniform, satchel stickers, Howard Hamon photographer, January 1981