Matera 1953, by Alberto Lattuada and Federico Patellani

A popular destination with international writers, photographers and intellectuals, Matera has long been viewed as a city where time stood still — a throwback to a lost era. This was especially depicted in cinema and Humboldt's 'Metera 1953' is an accumulation of photographs by Federico Patellani who, along with Milanese director Alberto Lattuada, decided to set film She-Wolf (1953) in the city. His photographic reportage — which sat undiscovered for many years — form a paperback that provides key documentation of the places and faces of the World Heritage Site over sixty years ago.