All pictures on those pages are made for the dutch daily newspaper"De Telegraaf"
All pictures 1997 / 1998 © Eddy van Wessel
with a modified Olympus C-1400L digital camera.
See also the March '98 issue of the dutch Focus Magazine with the following stories:
"Eddy van Wessel doet Parijs-Dakar, Zandkorrels en woestijnpixels"
"Test Olympus Camedia C-1400L"
Shinozuka Kenjiro speeding up one of the winning Mitshubishi's
Mali, Local people keep a save distance while
the drivers pass them
Driving shortly after sunrise
Drying laundry, the higher the better because dust
is at ground level
Fuelling is risky, you'll never sure about the
quality of local fuel
Dutch driver Henk Vercoelen likes sanddunes
Driver in trouble
The Yamaha bikes are receiving a complete overhaul
Dutch driver Rob van Pelt
Dutch driver Henk Vercoelen
Modern technique against old reliability
Sainct Richard between the rocks
Jean-Pierre Fontenay
Senegalese locals looking at the Hi-Tech colonne
Stephane Peter Hansel celebrates his victory
with Champagne
Dakar '98