Clémentine Balcaen – THANK YOU BYE (COLLAGE COVER)

THANK YOU BYE by Clémentine Balcaen
Clémentine Balcaen's THANK YOU BYE, transcribing the absurd, crazy, and little-known world of modeling.

Five years of modelling, over 370 images and 416 pages later, THANK YOU BYE presents an intimate diarybook of a model’s life in photographs.

“THANK YOU BYE was born out of a need to put down somewhere what I have experienced over the last five years. Although it gives the impression of a veil being lifted, it is simply a record of my experiences. The intention through these hundreds of photos is to transcribe the absurd, crazy, and little-known world of modeling, using an unpublished souvenir album of my time spent in fashion. The result is thank you bye, which owes its name to the phrase uttered by casting directors every time you walk in front of them. It recounts my moments of sadness, anxiety, unease, and questions, but also laughter, travels, bonds, and mutual support. Five years during which I fought not to lose myself. Thrown at the age of 18, at a speed I found hard to manage into a dimension that was not my own, I embrace all the models who ‘pose’ in this book and who, without realising it, helped me to escape. What you hold in your hands is none other than the last chance to prove that I was still worth something. When you turn the last page, you’ll know I’ve resigned and can finally say I’m happy.”

Specifications

Softcover
416 pages
11.7 x 16 cm
370g
Language: English

Editing and sequencing: Clémentine Balcaen & Marie Nicaise
Design: Marie Nicaise & Clémlentine Balcaen

Press: Fisheye

Published in April 2025
ISBN: 9789464002317