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[[File:Manueldejesusyas3.jpg|200px|thumb|Yas and his wife on their wedding day.]] |
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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.<ref name=fotofest>{{cite web|url= |
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.<ref name=fotofest>{{cite web|url=http://www.fotofest.org/exhibitions/faces-of-history/yas.htm |title=Yas |date=2012 |accessdate=22 August 2015 |website=Fotofest |ref=harv |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515220748/http://www.fotofest.org/exhibitions/faces-of-history/yas.htm |archivedate=May 15, 2012 }}</ref> |
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==Death== |
==Death== |
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Juan José de Jesús Yas | |
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 Yas in the 1890s. | |
| Born | 1846 |
| Died | 1917 |
| Occupation(s) | 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 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
External links
Media related to Juan José de Jesús Yas photographs at Wikimedia Commons
