About

About As Real As It Gets

The people behind The Atlas List, and the standard they hold every guest to.

The Founders

Meet your hosts

Devaun, co-founder of The Atlas List

Devaun

Devaun picked up a camera before he ever picked up a guest list — a decade behind the lens for fashion brands and the faces who front them. He started The Atlas List because the best nights he shot were never on the call sheet — they were what happened after, with people who actually liked being around each other.

Michael, co-founder of The Atlas List

Michael

Michael's spent his career doing one thing on repeat: putting the right two people in the same room. A handful of companies, a few hundred favors, and a phone full of people he'd vouch for personally — The Atlas List is just that instinct, formalized.

“Think rooftops at golden hour. Champagne in coupes. A photographer who knows how to catch you mid-laugh. Conversations that start with ‘tell me everything’ and end with ‘we have to do this again.’”

The Standard

We Started This Because The Rooms We Wanted To Be Invited To Didn't Exist — So We Built Them

No one buys their way in. No one's here to sell you anything — just people you'd actually want to introduce to your closest friends.

Kept small on purpose — kept private on purpose

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