Juan José de Jesús Yas

Juan José de Jesús Yas

Yas in the 1890s.
Born 1846
Fujisawa,  Japan
Died 1917
Antigua Guatemala,  Guatemala
Occupation Photographer and translator

Juan José de Jesús Yas (1856 - 1917) was a Japanese photographer who established himself in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala and documented that city toward the end of the 19th century and early 20th century.

Biography

Yas and his wife on their wedding day.

Yas arrived to Guatemala as translator of the famous Mexican astronomer Covarrubias and he liked photography so much, that became a student of German professor Herbruger.[1]

Death

Died in Antigua Guatemala in 1917.

See also

Notes and references

References

  1. "Yas". Fotofest. 2012. Archived from the original on May 15, 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
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