(CNN) Eight years later, Barack Obama made a final goodbye to the place he called home.
Longtime White House photographer Pete Souza captured this powerful final shot of the Obama presidency, showing him in a helicopter looking down at his old stomping grounds
As part of the social media transition of power, Souza's many photos documenting the Obama years have moved to an archived Instagram account @PeteSouza44.
So on Friday, he created a new personal account to document the final moments of the Obama presidency, as well as the first moments of his post-presidency.
President Obama waves from the steps of Executive One helicopter following the inauguration of Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol.
Another view of President Obama leaving the Oval Office for the last time this morning (taken with remote camera).
President Obama leaves the Oval Office this morning for the last time. What a great experience I've had the past eight years. Every photo I've posted to this account has been archived and locked at @petesouza44. This account (@petesouza) will now be my personal account so I hope you will continue to follow me. I expect to be very active on Instagram although I may not post that much initially as I try to take a little break, sleep late, do whatever my wife wants me to do, go the gym every day, see some concerts, watch some movies, read some books, drink some wine....you get idea.
You can follow Souza at @PeteSouza.