Can I modify an app so it will not launch?

I have a corrupt file somewhere in my tens of thousands of photos which keeps causing kernel panic on my MBP running Sequoia 15.7.2.

Short of removing Photos (if I even can, sometimes Apple apps can't even be removed), is there a way to prevent it from launching when I plug my phone in? I'd like to just manage it somehow so it cannot be opened.

There's a gob of info out there on how to prevent it from starting at login, or when I plug in my phone, but I want to be able to modify it so it *never* opens, unless I reverse the modification.