What is it with these shots? Talking asshole with costume jewelry (here, a hi-vis vest) standing in front of a wall of muppets in more complete costume jewelry.

I keep seeing these images of a bureaucrat in costume jewelry framed by silent working people serving as props in front of larger prop (emergency services vehicle here) to read a banal press release.

Are these stock photos in the making? Future campaign shots? Bureaucrats attempting to pass as useful working people?