Contact photo keeps shifting

Hi all. So, I’m trying to update someone’s contact photo and when I crop/zoom the picture for the new photo I want to use, the contact photo “unzooms” itself when it updates. I looked this up online and people have been posting about it since like 2014. Is there a way to get around this issue? It’s a minor annoyance, but given that this has been known for over 8 years now led me to think that someone, somewhere maybe figured out a way to fix or get around the issue. iOS 15 btw.

Thanks!