Did You Catch My Cameo in the Documentary, The Way I See It?

This Just In: I’m Famous

Photo Credit: President Barack Obama talks on the phone with Cuba President Raúl Castro in the Oval Office, Sept. 18, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza on Flickr) The use of this photo in no way reflects approval or endorsement of Pete Souza, President Obama, the First Family, or the White House.

When I got a text saying, “Did you know you’re famous?,” I figured sarcasm was in order. I responded with, “What did I do now?” The reply was not what I expected at all.

“You named Pete Souza’s book.”

Come again?

Pete Souza is a photojournalist who served as the official White House photographer for Presidents Ronald Reagan and Barak Obama. When Obama left office, Souza became an expert at trolling the current administration on Instagram with timely photos from the Obama White House. Over the weekend, MSNBC aired a documentary on Souza’s work, titled The Way I See It.

Toward the beginning of the documentary, there’s an exchange with Souza and his wife, Patti Lease. The two are talking about Souza’s first Instagram post. President Obama is sitting on the desk in the Oval Office with large red drapes in the background. Those drapes were promptly replaced with gold ones when Trump took office. The caption Souza posted read, “I like these drapes better than the new ones. Don’t you think?”