Contrast, Balance and Harmony.

A still from AMC's "Better Call Saul"

The yellow light in the background with the window on the right contrasts and balances with the dark corners of the room, the color temperature seen on the brown walls also give it balance along with the placement of the subject.

The rule of thirds technique helps give the photo balance because instead of the middle, the subject is placed left and sort of in the background, giving the room a sense of depth. The subject is also the most lit in the room for the eyes to easily spot him. The shapes also give it balance, the walls and the ceiling with the missing panels help give it shape.

The Harmony for me is found in the bleak colors and dark corners and shapes of the room, even though the subject is the most lighted he is still dimly lit. The left to right lighting going from sickly yellow to a glimmer of natural light coming from the window, give it a depth but in a cluster-phobic kind of way. All of it tells us that he doesn't make enough money to afford a better office with enough space, we can also tell that with the heater right behind him. The camera, along with everything else, was well placed to give us the sense of isolation.