ST. THOMAS is a series of photographs that center on the life of the midtown Manhattan church situated between the Museum of Modern Art and the shops of Fifth Avenue. Within this compressed urban context, the church sustains one of the last remaining boys’ choir schools in the English-speaking world and a liturgical tradition framed by Gothic architecture and layered symbolism. Lippke approaches the space as a living system, attentive to the interplay between ritual, individuals and the city beyond its walls. The photographs explore how spirituality is practiced, performed and inhabited within an institution that carries centuries of history while remaining embedded in contemporary life. ST. THOMAS considers devotion not as fixed belief, but as a set of gestures continually renewed through presence and participation.