Paul Hamon birthday, dining room, Pooraka, November 1983

Boy in a blue jacket with swimming patches sits at a dining table reaching for a cake, Pooraka, Adelaide, November 1983. Digitally restored version. — Paul Hamon celebrates his birthday in the dining room of the family home in Pooraka, Adelaide, in November 1983. He wears a dark blue zip-up jacket with swimming patches (including a “C.S. Boon 1980” badge) over a white T-shirt and reaches toward a frosted cake on the lace tablecloth. A small pie, glass and the distinctive patterned sugar holder are also on the table. Bamboo-pattern curtains and hanging plants are visible in the background. Photograph by Howard Hamon. The restored version has been cleaned, colour-corrected and upscaled with generative AI while preserving the original expression and table setting.

Boy in a blue jacket with swimming patches sits at a dining table reaching for a cake, Pooraka, Adelaide, November 1983. Original print. — Paul Hamon celebrates his birthday in the dining room of the family home in Pooraka, Adelaide, in November 1983. He wears a dark blue zip-up jacket with swimming patches (including a “C.S. Boon 1980” badge) over a white T-shirt and reaches toward a frosted cake on the lace tablecloth. A small pie, glass and the distinctive patterned sugar holder are also on the table. Bamboo-pattern curtains and hanging plants are visible in the background. Photograph by Howard Hamon. The restored version has been cleaned, colour-corrected and upscaled with generative AI while preserving the original expression and table setting.

Subjects: Paul Hamon
Event: Paul Hamon birthday
Photographer: Howard Hamon
Restoration notes: Colour correction, cleaning and upscaling performed with generative AI. Composition and expression preserved from original.
Credit: Photograph by Howard Hamon. Author’s collection.
Keywords: Paul Hamon birthday 1983, swimming patches, Pooraka Adelaide, dining room, Howard Hamon photographer, November 1983