Max Webb, born on March 2, 1917 in Lodz, Poland, is a survivor of a series of camps, including Auschwitz-Birkenau. His physical strength kept him out of the gas chambers, as the Nazis preferred to use him for hard labor. Yet, beyond his physical fitness, Max survived on the strength of his wits, hustling for a piece of bread with the same moxie he would use decades later to develop property in Los Angeles. Along with his best friend in the camp, Nathan Shapell, Max started Shapell and Shapell Homes, and ultimately became a billionaire. Despite losing both of his parents and four sisters in the Holocaust, Max, was not one to ever live in fear. He lived one second at a time. Before his mother died, Max had promised her that if he survived the war, he would do everything he could to insure Judaism would also survive. For the past six decades, Max did just that. He dedicated millions of dollars to multiple causes including Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. I photographed Max in his office towering over Beverly Hills, which had more memorabilia on the walls than many museums. My challenge was to pull him away from all this and photograph him against a simple background in order to capture his spirit. When Max saw the first image come up on the computer monitor which Ihad connected to the camera, Max just smiled and said in his German accent, "I like this".