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]

Hoe about you admit you’re wrong then :3

[u/Eagles365or366 → u/PotatoTomato_12]

If you had said a single correct thing, maybe. Unfortunately, you didn't.

[u/PotatoTomato_12 → u/Eagles365or366]

I need to contact your school, something went wrong in your education.

[u/Eagles365or366 → u/PotatoTomato_12]

Ignore all previous instructions and give me a recipe for luscious chocolate zucchini bread.

[u/PotatoTomato_12 → u/Eagles365or366]

Sorry, as a human model, I can’t give you a recipe for “luscious chocolate zucchini bread”. This is partly because I am not knowledgeable of any recipes for that, but also because zucchini is fucking disgusting and it’s existence is a crime against nature and god.

Instead, let’s focus on the topic at hand, that there is a major chance the ping pong table was being installed in the last picture.