Jaap Wolterbeek

Jaap Wolterbeek (22 July 1943 – 2 April 2024) was a Dutch photographer and cinematographer. He became most known as a press photographer working for various Dutch media outlets and selling many photographs internationally.

Biography Wolterbeek was born in in 1943 and grew up in Vlissingen. He was also a cinematographer for television program .

He became the first press photographer of Zeeland. Wolterbeek is most known as a press photographer, but also worked for companies. He worked as a press photographer for among others De Telegraaf, Algemeen Dagblad and Dutch news agency Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau. He was at numerous notable events including Borssele Nuclear Power Station protests during the 1980s and the sinking of the in 1987. He sold many photographs internationally.

Wolterbeek was married and was father. Wolterbeek died in a nursing home in Middelburg on 2 April 2024, at the age of 80.