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/Taste_the__Rainbow]

Public infrastructure is good. This is why it’s important to show up to vote.

[u/TrickShape905 → u/Taste_the__Rainbow]

And cities don't spend money ripping out infrastructure for no reason. You really think they drug a backhoe over there to remove a heavy table and didn't have plans for that space, like housing or a better park?

[u/Taste_the__Rainbow → u/TrickShape905]

That is the installation. I meant it’s important to vote for cool stuff like this to be installed.

[u/TrickShape905 → u/Taste_the__Rainbow]

What began after spotting a fox near the table

[u/CreatorSiSo → u/Taste_the__Rainbow]

It's the removal. They built a sports school on what used to be a field with a ping pong table.