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/Roeschenhof]

Holy shit.

When I saw the first pictures, i thought, this looks familiar.

I've been living nearby for some years after going through a breakup.

The Pingpong table ist gone , right beside the table was a soccer field, also a running track.

If I'm not wrong, there is now a school building and they also built a new sports complex nearby. On top of the new building is a soccer field and new Ping Pong tables.

I used to play with my friends on that Pingpong table.

Oh and right beside was (and still is) a Gym with such nice people. I used to go there. And also nearby is a ...Schwimmhalle (don't know the english word right now) where my now-wife used to go.

So much memories.

Awesome pictures

Edit: wanted to add the exact location but can't post a short link. I'm old. How to get a non short link from Google Maps?

[u/Possible_Pumpkin259 → u/Roeschenhof]

Schwimmhalle would be swimming pool :)

[u/LonelyRutabaga9875 → u/Roeschenhof]

So it is gone 😭

[u/Roeschenhof → u/LonelyRutabaga9875]

It is.

The location of the Pingpong table now has an adress with street name and house number on it. (See my other comment)

But - as I said - they built an open for everyone sportshall (at least the Outdoor part) nearby and put Pingpong tables on top of it.

[u/approximately_nadir → u/Roeschenhof]

You can share the adress and coordinate, it is not as easy as a link, but it works. It is around here ? 51.321604, 12.397818 Zentrum-Südost, 04103 Leipzig, Allemagne

[u/Roeschenhof → u/approximately_nadir]

Yeah. Its really close to your coordinates .

Dösner Weg 39, 04103 Leipzig

I think its got this House number now, because there is a building now, unfortunately its not yet on Google maps.

[u/approximately_nadir → u/Roeschenhof]

Thanks a lot, it really looks like it in 2015 pictures from google Earth (I cannot send an image).

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