Oval Office: Minimalist Style

This picture was posted on social media of the Oval Office empty for cleaning. What I find most interesting is how it captures with relatively small size of the office. There are adjoining rooms but spaces were simply smaller back then. At the time, this was viewed as a spacious grand room for the Chief Executive.

This was not an official picture but a snap taken by someone who works at the White House. I expect that White House is not entirely happy particularly if it is used as a metaphor for critics about the President’s vacation and times away from the office. The White House tends to carefully control such images and the picture of a vacant office is not one that they would likely release. There is no denial of the picture’s authenticity but I wonder if there is an effort to track down the ad hoc presidential photographer.