Paul and Mark Hamon under the bottlebrush, before ballroom competition, 1988

Teenage boy in a grey suit and younger boy in a patterned sweater stand under a tree on a lawn, Pooraka, Adelaide, 1988. Digitally restored version. — Brothers Paul and Mark Hamon pose on the front lawn at Pooraka in 1988. Paul, dressed in a grey suit, striped shirt and tie, was about to leave for a ballroom dancing competition. Mark stands beside him in a patterned knit sweater and dark trousers. They are standing under the bottlebrush tree that had been planted in the front yard for Paul at the time of his birth sixteen years earlier. Photograph by Howard Hamon. The restored version has been cleaned, colour-corrected and upscaled with generative AI while preserving the original expressions and setting.

Teenage boy in a grey suit and younger boy in a patterned sweater stand under a tree on a lawn, Pooraka, Adelaide, 1988. Original print. — Brothers Paul and Mark Hamon pose on the front lawn at Pooraka in 1988. Paul, dressed in a grey suit, striped shirt and tie, was about to leave for a ballroom dancing competition. Mark stands beside him in a patterned knit sweater and dark trousers. They are standing under the bottlebrush tree that had been planted in the front yard for Paul at the time of his birth sixteen years earlier. Photograph by Howard Hamon. The restored version has been cleaned, colour-corrected and upscaled with generative AI while preserving the original expressions and setting.

Subjects: Paul Hamon; Mark Hamon
Event: Before ballroom dancing competition
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.
Keywords: Paul Hamon 1988, Mark Hamon, ballroom dancing, bottlebrush tree, Pooraka Adelaide, Howard Hamon photographer