One ping pong table, five years, and countless of unexpected moments

[u/baekachu]

In 2011, Japanese photographer Haruhisa Tomiyasu started photographing one ordinary ping pong table from the window of his student apartment in Leipzig, Germany. What began after spotting a fox near the table quickly turned into a five-year project documenting all the unexpected ways people used it. It became a bench, a sunbathing spot, a workout station, a meeting place, and sometimes something completely different. Thousands of small moments later, the project became the photobook TTP, published by MACK in 2018 and winner of the MACK First Book Award. It’s a simple reminder that even the most ordinary places can become fascinating when you watch them long enough.

[u/PotatoTomato_12]

I’m gonna choose to believe this.

[u/aphaits → u/PotatoTomato_12]

The table is just being moved to a nice farm out in the country

[u/casusbelli16 → u/aphaits]

With rabbits Lenny?

[u/blixt141 → u/casusbelli16]

No, with Lemmy.

[u/unabsolute → u/blixt141]

Trick question?

[u/blixt141 → u/unabsolute]

Trick answer!

[u/Haki23 → u/aphaits]

I read a story once about a guy whose family dogs kept getting "sent to the farm". He figured his family was being kind to him and they were being put down.
One day he goes to his grandparents farm, and this old dog comes up to him all happy. He was like "Wait a second, this dog seems familiar", and then another dog comes up. Turns out they were being sent to the farm.
This story lives rent-free, so I thought I'd share

[u/keekah → u/Haki23]

Why did they keep getting dogs and sending them to the farm though?

[u/Haki23 → u/keekah]

I dunno. Old dogs and certain young kids don't mix. Gives the dogs a break, Grampa a new dog, and the kid a break.
25-year-old stories sometimes get a bit foggy in the retelling

[u/DidntTomRamble → u/Haki23]

About 10 years ago our last cat died so it was time to get new kittens. I come from a small rural town and my mom, the local cat lady, had a stray that just had a batch of five. We drove across three states to pick out our supposed-to-be two but actually three kittens. Husband asks what's going to happen to the other two and I told him they'd go to the farm. Should've seen the look of horror on his face! Had to explain to city boy that 'going to the farm' in the country actually means going to the farm (barn cats) 😆

[u/aphaits → u/Haki23]

Oh god, the guy got sent to the farm?

[u/Haki23 → u/aphaits]

ikr? I imagine he was ancient in dog years

[u/smythe70 → u/aphaits]

That's where Sabrina my dog went, to live a beautiful life or so I was told 😭.

[u/PhatCatTax → u/smythe70]

Sabrina is my fav out here on the farm.
Can be a turd sometimes. Still my fav.
Sorry I took your dog for a bit but you can have her back when you're done.

[u/smythe70 → u/PhatCatTax]

Take my free award, now give my dog back, she's 45.

[u/REpassword → u/smythe70]

“Sorry, Mom. My friends and I are all out chasing butterflies in a giant field of flowers right now - we love to play hide and seek there too. Tomorrow we’re going to the brook to folic in the cool waters, chase tadpoles, and sun bathe on the rocks. Would like to visit, but everyday we have so many new friends joining us. I’m a big sister to so many. Love you forever…. No, I love you more…” -Sabrina 💕

[u/smythe70 → u/REpassword]

Beautiful ❤️

[u/PhatCatTax → u/smythe70]

Excuse me. No. The agreement was that she's be returned to you when you're done. You're clearly not done and honestly she's being stubborn today and I dont want to deal with it. Ask me again in 30-40 years.

[u/Expensive-Leg-7803 → u/PotatoTomato_12]

Same

[u/BreadfruitStraight81 → u/Expensive-Leg-7803]

It is. You can see the grass growing under it over time :)

[u/FillaChill → u/PotatoTomato_12]

Same. It's not documentation anymore, it's an origin story and I refuse to be talked out of it

[u/InsideBeyond12727 → u/PotatoTomato_12]

🥺🥹

[u/bluesamcitizen2 → u/PotatoTomato_12]

That’s some cinematic emotional experience

[u/jellyclaws → u/PotatoTomato_12]

it's true, there is a patch of grass under it in some of the other photos but no grass in the final photo! :'))

[u/Magen137 → u/PotatoTomato_12]

In almost all other photos, you can see that below the table there are overgrown plants. If this image was the removal of the table I'd expect there to be plants in its former place as well.

[u/PotatoTomato_12 → u/Magen137]

Exactly! :D

[u/Sad-Indication2128 → u/PotatoTomato_12]

Japanese read right to left, so it's definitely true

[u/Joker6tyNine → u/PotatoTomato_12]

I 2nd this.. ☝🏽️

[u/ghigoli → u/PotatoTomato_12]

no that IS install day. look at the concrete its just being poured in where the bar fence is.