On/Off The Record With Eli Rezkallah

Eli Rezkallah

On/Off record

On/Off The Record With Eli Rezkallah

On/Off record

On/Off The Record With Eli Rezkallah

1833 On/Off The Record: Eli Rezkallah

On/Off record

On/Off The Record With Eli Rezkallah

Eli Rezkallah

On/Off record

On/Off The Record With Eli Rezkallah

On/Off record

On/Off The Record With Eli Rezkallah

On/Off record

On/Off The Record With Eli Rezkallah

On/Off record

On/Off The Record With Eli Rezkallah

1833 On/Off The Record: Eli Rezkallah

Eli Rezkallah

On/Off The Record With Eli Rezkallah

What happens when you build something that doesn’t have a blueprint?

At 21, Eli Rezkallah launched Plastik Magazine in Beirut, creating a platform for visual culture in a place with little infrastructure to support it. Fifteen years later, his work spans photography, publishing, commercial image-making, art and creative direction, moving between Beirut and New York and challenging how we think about glamour, identity and representation.

For 1833 On/Off The Record, Eli joins us for a candid conversation about building a vision from scratch, being first, the realities behind the work, and what happens when your creative practice becomes a business. We’ll get into the choices, compromises, mistakes and lessons along the way, before going a little deeper, off the record, into the parts of the industry that don’t usually make it into the picture.

Eli Rezkallah is a Lebanese-born, New York-based fine art photographer, director, visual artist, publisher, and creative director, and the founder of Plastik Magazine and Plastik Studios. Born in Beirut, he launched Plastik Magazine in 2009 at the age of 22, creating an independent platform to develop and share his uncompromising vision while introducing a new generation of creative talent to an international audience. Known for its surreal, provocative, and meticulously constructed approach to photography, fashion, and contemporary culture, Plastik evolved from an independent magazine into a wider creative universe spanning publishing, photography, film, art and commercial production. Rezkallah’s work is defined by a tension between pure beauty and unease, shaped by his experiences growing up in Lebanon and expressed through saturated colour, meticulous composition, and highly constructed environments.

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On/Off record
On/Off the Record" captures the essence of 1833/١٨٣٣ dedication to candid and in-depth conversations. This series brings together regional visionaries, including disruptors and entrepreneurs, for a dialogue that bridges established and emerging voices in various fields. The session begins with "On Record," a 30-minute structured chat, followed by "Off Record," a 30-minute period for unfiltered questions from the audience and guests, free from the pressures of being recorded.

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Date
Sep 11, 2026 7:00 PM
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Eli Rezkallah
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