The Photographer

The Photographer is a character from the original Rayman game. He serves as a checkpoint in the game, where Rayman can come back to where he was last photographed should he lose a life. His face is never seen apart from a large eye, though he has blonde hair, and wears a chequered trench coat and blue shoes. In Rayman 2, he was replaced by the Green Lum checkpoints. When Rayman has to take his picture with the Photographer, a poster in front of him makes him look like he is very muscular, holding a surfboard and a sea shell. In Rayman Junior, he has to look like he is wearing a cloak like Mr Dark's whilst holding letters and numbers, while the Photographer wears a brown coat instead of a green one with red dots on it.

The Photographer, as seen in the original Rayman.

The Photographer, as seen in Rayman Origins.

He is here to immortalise your feats! When you lose a life, you start again in the last place where he took a picture of you.

—Manual, Rayman

Early screenshots and trailers for Rayman Origins showed the return of the Photographer. Like several other returning Rayman characters, the Photographer was changed to a Teensy to better fit the style of the previous sequels. His skin is a darker blue than that of his brethren, and he wears a purple outfit with a feathered hat. While in the original Rayman he acted as a checkpoint within the levels by taking a picture of the hero, the Photographer in this game seems to act as an end-of-level point, much like an exit sign or a Spiral Door. He takes a picture of Rayman, Globox, the Grand Minimus and the Teensie Wizard (depending on how many characters are in play); they positions in which they stand indicate who has collected the most Lums. The new photoboard shows what appears to be a skinny, loincloth-clad creature wielding an axe, and a large woman in armour wielding a sword; the two most skilled players stand behind these pictures, while any remaining characters are left to peek out from behind the photoboard to get their picture taken. More recent gameplay clips have shown that the Photographer seems to have been phased out entirely; the players simply line up behind the photoboard and have their picture taken by an unseen character.