That’s the reason I avoided the show for years. I hate that photography too.
But then my daughter binge watched it over the holidays at my house. I became a fan.
It’s now my favorite t.v. show - too bad its done.
Um... the photography is that way because the whole premise of the show is that someone is making a documentary about the people in the office. If the show had been filmed traditionally, it would have undercut that and wouldn’t have worked.
The photography didn’t bother me for a moment, by the way - in many ways, it adds to the humor, as the camera will swivel around and focus on a certain character as they’re being talked about.