Juan José de Jesús Yas

Juan José de Jesús Yas
Yas in the 1890s.
Born1846
Fujisawa, Iwate,  Japan
Died1917
Antigua Guatemala,  Guatemala
Occupation(s)Photographer and translator

Juan José de Jesús Yas (1846 - 1917), born Kohei Yasu, was a Japanese-born photographer who established himself in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala and documented the 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 he became a student of German professor Herbruger.[1]

Death

Died in Antigua Guatemala in 1917.

See also

  • flagGuatemala portal
  • Alberto G. Valdeavellano
  • Antigua Guatemala

Notes and references

References

  1. ^ "Yas". Fotofest. 2012. Archived from the original on May 15, 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  • Escobar, José Luis (18 June 2017). "El legado fotográfico de Juan José de Jesús Yas". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 March 2018.

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