Paul and Mark Hamon start of school year, Nailsworth High, 1989

Two teenage boys with school bags standing in front of a brick house, Pooraka, Adelaide, early 1989. Digitally restored version. — Brothers Paul and Mark Hamon stand in front of their Pooraka house at the beginning of the 1989 school year, ready for Nailsworth High School. Paul wears a light blue short-sleeved shirt and light trousers with a sports bag at his feet; Mark is in a red T-shirt and grey jeans with a backpack. They note that they swapped the colours they had worn the previous year. Photograph by Howard Hamon. The restored version has been cleaned, colour-corrected and upscaled with generative AI while preserving the original expressions and setting.

Two teenage boys with school bags standing in front of a brick house, Pooraka, Adelaide, early 1989. Original print. — Brothers Paul and Mark Hamon stand in front of their Pooraka house at the beginning of the 1989 school year, ready for Nailsworth High School. Paul wears a light blue short-sleeved shirt and light trousers with a sports bag at his feet; Mark is in a red T-shirt and grey jeans with a backpack. They note that they swapped the colours they had worn the previous year. 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: Start of school year – Nailsworth High 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.
Keywords: Paul Hamon 1989, Mark Hamon, Nailsworth High School, start of school year, Pooraka Adelaide, Howard Hamon photographer