diff --git a/src/admin/AdminAppMenu.tsx b/src/admin/AdminAppMenu.tsx
index 0fe2dea7..4c2e5b05 100644
--- a/src/admin/AdminAppMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/admin/AdminAppMenu.tsx
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export default function AdminAppMenu({
     uploadsCount,
     tagsCount,
     selectedPhotoIds,
+    startUpload,
     setSelectedPhotoIds,
     refreshAdminData,
     clearAuthStateAndRedirect,
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ export default function AdminAppMenu({
       size={15}
       className="translate-x-[0.5px] translate-y-[0.5px]"
     />,
+    action: startUpload,
   }, {
     label: 'Manage Photos',
     ...photosCount !== undefined && {
diff --git a/src/admin/AdminPhotosClient.tsx b/src/admin/AdminPhotosClient.tsx
index cd04724a..d76317de 100644
--- a/src/admin/AdminPhotosClient.tsx
+++ b/src/admin/AdminPhotosClient.tsx
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export default function AdminPhotosClient({
     <SiteGrid
       contentMain={
         <div>
-          <div className="flex">
+          <div className="flex space-y-4">
             <div className="grow min-w-0">
               <PhotoUpload
                 shouldResize={!PRESERVE_ORIGINAL_UPLOADS}
diff --git a/src/admin/upload/AdminUploadPanel.tsx b/src/admin/upload/AdminUploadPanel.tsx
index d4f150d3..154fe7ee 100644
--- a/src/admin/upload/AdminUploadPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/admin/upload/AdminUploadPanel.tsx
@@ -1,52 +1,156 @@
 'use client';
 
+import { pathForAdminUploadUrl } from '@/app/paths';
+import { PATH_ADMIN_UPLOADS } from '@/app/paths';
 import Container from '@/components/Container';
+import ImageInput from '@/components/ImageInput';
 import LoaderButton from '@/components/primitives/LoaderButton';
 import SiteGrid from '@/components/SiteGrid';
 import Spinner from '@/components/Spinner';
+import { uploadPhotoFromClient } from '@/platforms/storage';
 import { useAppState } from '@/state/AppState';
 import clsx from 'clsx';
+import { useRouter } from 'next/navigation';
+import { useEffect, useRef, useTransition } from 'react';
 import { IoCloseSharp } from 'react-icons/io5';
 
-export default function AdminUploadPanel() {
-  const { uploadState: {
-    isUploading,
-    filesLength,
-    fileUploadIndex,
-    fileUploadName,
-  } } = useAppState();
+export default function AdminUploadPanel({
+  shouldResize,
+  onLastUpload,
+  debug,
+}: {
+  shouldResize: boolean
+  onLastUpload?: () => Promise<void>
+  debug?: boolean
+}) {
+  const {
+    uploadInputRef,
+    uploadState: {
+      isUploading,
+      filesLength,
+      fileUploadIndex,
+      fileUploadName,
+      uploadError,
+      debugDownload,
+      hideUploadPanel,
+    },
+    setUploadState,
+    resetUploadState,
+  } = useAppState();
+
+  const router = useRouter();
+
+  const shouldResetUploadStateAfterPending = useRef(false);
+  const [isPending, startTransition] = useTransition();
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!isPending) {
+      if (shouldResetUploadStateAfterPending.current) {
+        resetUploadState?.();
+        shouldResetUploadStateAfterPending.current = false;
+      }
+    }
+  }, [isPending, resetUploadState]);
+  const isFinalizing = isPending &&
+    shouldResetUploadStateAfterPending.current;
 
   return (
-    <SiteGrid contentMain={
-      <Container
-        color="gray"
-        padding="tight"
-        className="p-2! pl-4! text-main!"
-      >
-        <div className="flex w-full items-center gap-2">
-          <div className="grow">
-            {isUploading
-              ? <div className={clsx('flex items-center gap-4')}>
-                <span className="inline-block truncate">
-                  {/* eslint-disable-next-line max-len */}
-                  Uploading {fileUploadIndex + 1} of {filesLength}: {fileUploadName}
-                </span>
-                <Spinner
-                  className="text-dim translate-y-[1px]"
-                  color="text"
-                  size={14}
-                />
-              </div>
-              : 'Upload Photos'}
+    <SiteGrid
+      className={clsx((!isUploading || hideUploadPanel) && 'hidden')}
+      contentMain={
+        <Container
+          color="gray"
+          padding="tight"
+          className="p-2! pl-4! text-main!"
+        >
+          <div className="flex w-full items-center gap-2">
+            <div className="grow">
+              <ImageInput
+                ref={uploadInputRef}
+                shouldResize={shouldResize}
+                onStart={() => {
+                  setUploadState?.({
+                    isUploading: true,
+                    uploadError: '',
+                  });
+                }}
+                onBlobReady={async ({
+                  blob,
+                  extension, 
+                  hasMultipleUploads,
+                  isLastBlob,
+                }) => {
+                  if (debug) {
+                    setUploadState?.({
+                      isUploading: false,
+                      uploadError: '',
+                      debugDownload: {
+                        href: URL.createObjectURL(blob),
+                        fileName: `debug.${extension}`,
+                      },
+                    });
+                  } else {
+                    return uploadPhotoFromClient(
+                      blob,
+                      extension,
+                    )
+                      .then(async url => {
+                        if (isLastBlob) {
+                          await onLastUpload?.();
+                          shouldResetUploadStateAfterPending.current = true;
+                          startTransition(() => hasMultipleUploads
+                            ? router.push(PATH_ADMIN_UPLOADS)
+                            : router.push(pathForAdminUploadUrl(url)));
+                        }
+                      })
+                      .catch(error => {
+                        setUploadState?.({
+                          isUploading: false,
+                          uploadError: `Upload Error: ${error.message}`,
+                        });
+                      });
+                  }
+                }}
+                showUploadStatus={false}
+                showUploadButton={false}
+              />
+              {isUploading
+                ? <div className={clsx('flex items-center gap-4')}>
+                  {isFinalizing
+                    ? <span>
+                      Finishing
+                    </span>
+                    : <span className="inline-block truncate">
+                      {/* eslint-disable-next-line max-len */}
+                      Uploading {fileUploadIndex + 1} of {filesLength}: {fileUploadName}
+                    </span>}
+                  <Spinner
+                    className="text-dim translate-y-[1px]"
+                    color="text"
+                    size={14}
+                  />
+                </div>
+                : 'Initializing...'}
+            </div>
+            <LoaderButton 
+              icon={<IoCloseSharp
+                size={18}
+                className="translate-y-[0.5px]"
+              />}
+            />
           </div>
-          <LoaderButton 
-            icon={<IoCloseSharp
-              size={18}
-              className="translate-y-[0.5px]"
-            />}
-          />
-        </div>
-      </Container>}
+          {debug && debugDownload &&
+            <a
+              className="block"
+              href={debugDownload.href}
+              download={debugDownload.fileName}
+            >
+              Download
+            </a>}
+          {uploadError &&
+            <div className="text-error">
+              {uploadError}
+            </div>}
+        </Container>}
     />
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/admin/upload/index.ts b/src/admin/upload/index.ts
index b908a791..d8003a57 100644
--- a/src/admin/upload/index.ts
+++ b/src/admin/upload/index.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export interface UploadState {
   filesLength: number
   fileUploadIndex: number
   fileUploadName: string
+  hideUploadPanel: boolean
 }
 
 export const INITIAL_UPLOAD_STATE: UploadState = {
@@ -14,4 +15,5 @@ export const INITIAL_UPLOAD_STATE: UploadState = {
   fileUploadName: '',
   filesLength: 0,
   fileUploadIndex: 0,
+  hideUploadPanel: false,
 };
diff --git a/src/components/ImageInput.tsx b/src/components/ImageInput.tsx
index 6ae4304c..c93a4097 100644
--- a/src/components/ImageInput.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ImageInput.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use client';
 
 import { blobToImage } from '@/utility/blob';
-import { useRef } from 'react';
+import { useRef, RefObject } from 'react';
 import { CopyExif } from '@/lib/CopyExif';
 import exifr from 'exifr';
 import { clsx } from 'clsx/lite';
@@ -14,14 +14,17 @@ import { useAppState } from '@/state/AppState';
 const INPUT_ID = 'file';
 
 export default function ImageInput({
+  ref,
   onStart,
   onBlobReady,
   shouldResize,
   maxSize = MAX_IMAGE_SIZE,
   quality = 0.8,
+  showUploadButton = true,
   showUploadStatus = true,
   debug,
 }: {
+  ref?: RefObject<HTMLInputElement | null>
   onStart?: () => void
   onBlobReady?: (args: {
     blob: Blob,
@@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ export default function ImageInput({
   shouldResize?: boolean
   maxSize?: number
   quality?: number
+  showUploadButton?: boolean
   showUploadStatus?: boolean
   debug?: boolean
 }) {
@@ -50,7 +54,7 @@ export default function ImageInput({
   } = useAppState();
 
   return (
-    <div className="space-y-4 min-w-0">
+    <div className="flex flex-col gap-4 min-w-0">
       <div className="flex items-center gap-2 sm:gap-4">
         <label
           htmlFor={INPUT_ID}
@@ -59,29 +63,30 @@ export default function ImageInput({
             isUploading && 'pointer-events-none cursor-not-allowed',
           )}
         >
-          <ProgressButton
-            type="button"
-            isLoading={isUploading}
-            progress={filesLength > 1
-              ? (fileUploadIndex + 1) / filesLength * 0.95
-              : undefined}
-            icon={<FiUploadCloud
-              size={18}
-              className="translate-x-[-0.5px] translate-y-[0.5px]"
-            />}
-            aria-disabled={isUploading}
-            onClick={() => inputRef.current?.click()}
-            hideTextOnMobile={false}
-            primary
-          >
-            {isUploading
-              ? filesLength > 1
-                ? `Uploading ${fileUploadIndex + 1} of ${filesLength}`
-                : 'Uploading'
-              : 'Upload Photos'}
-          </ProgressButton>
+          {showUploadButton &&
+            <ProgressButton
+              type="button"
+              isLoading={isUploading}
+              progress={filesLength > 1
+                ? (fileUploadIndex + 1) / filesLength * 0.95
+                : undefined}
+              icon={<FiUploadCloud
+                size={18}
+                className="translate-x-[-0.5px] translate-y-[0.5px]"
+              />}
+              aria-disabled={isUploading}
+              onClick={() => inputRef.current?.click()}
+              hideTextOnMobile={false}
+              primary
+            >
+              {isUploading
+                ? filesLength > 1
+                  ? `Uploading ${fileUploadIndex + 1} of ${filesLength}`
+                  : 'Uploading'
+                : 'Upload Photos'}
+            </ProgressButton>}
           <input
-            ref={inputRef}
+            ref={ref ?? inputRef}
             id={INPUT_ID}
             type="file"
             className="hidden!"
diff --git a/src/components/more/MoreMenuItem.tsx b/src/components/more/MoreMenuItem.tsx
index 26e82c37..a37ddf61 100644
--- a/src/components/more/MoreMenuItem.tsx
+++ b/src/components/more/MoreMenuItem.tsx
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ export default function MoreMenuItem({
               setIsLoading(false);
               dismissMenu?.();
             });
+          } else {
+            dismissMenu?.();
           }
         }
         if (href) {
diff --git a/src/photo/PhotoUpload.tsx b/src/photo/PhotoUpload.tsx
index 0482ba1e..78befbeb 100644
--- a/src/photo/PhotoUpload.tsx
+++ b/src/photo/PhotoUpload.tsx
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ export default function PhotoUpload({
               setUploadState?.({
                 isUploading: true,
                 uploadError: '',
+                hideUploadPanel: true,
               });
             }}
             onBlobReady={async ({
diff --git a/src/state/AppState.ts b/src/state/AppState.ts
index 2c49c8b3..4ed162a7 100644
--- a/src/state/AppState.ts
+++ b/src/state/AppState.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-import { Dispatch, SetStateAction, createContext, useContext } from 'react';
+import {
+  Dispatch,
+  SetStateAction,
+  createContext,
+  useContext,
+  RefObject,
+} from 'react';
 import { AnimationConfig } from '@/components/AnimateItems';
 import { ShareModalProps } from '@/share';
 import { InsightIndicatorStatus } from '@/admin/insights';
@@ -16,7 +22,9 @@ export interface AppStateContext {
   clearNextPhotoAnimation?: () => void
   shouldRespondToKeyboardCommands?: boolean
   setShouldRespondToKeyboardCommands?: Dispatch<SetStateAction<boolean>>
-  // UPLOADS
+  // UPLOAD
+  startUpload?: () => void
+  uploadInputRef?: RefObject<HTMLInputElement | null>
   uploadState: UploadState
   setUploadState?: (uploadState: Partial<UploadState>) => void
   resetUploadState?: () => void
diff --git a/src/state/AppStateProvider.tsx b/src/state/AppStateProvider.tsx
index 6e0781b3..a5bcf1d7 100644
--- a/src/state/AppStateProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/state/AppStateProvider.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use client';
 
-import { useState, useEffect, ReactNode, useCallback } from 'react';
+import { useState, useEffect, ReactNode, useCallback, useRef } from 'react';
 import { AppStateContext } from './AppState';
 import { AnimationConfig } from '@/components/AnimateItems';
 import usePathnames from '@/utility/usePathnames';
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ export default function AppStateProvider({
     useState<AnimationConfig>();
   const [shouldRespondToKeyboardCommands, setShouldRespondToKeyboardCommands] =
     useState(true);
+  // UPLOAD
+  const uploadInputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
   const [uploadState, _setUploadState] =
     useState(INITIAL_UPLOAD_STATE);
   // MODAL
@@ -88,6 +90,9 @@ export default function AppStateProvider({
   const [shouldDebugRecipeOverlays, setShouldDebugRecipeOverlays] =
     useState(false);
 
+  const startUpload = useCallback(() => {
+    uploadInputRef.current?.click();
+  }, []);
   const setUploadState = useCallback((uploadState: Partial<UploadState>) => {
     _setUploadState(prev => ({ ...prev, ...uploadState }));
   }, []);
@@ -165,7 +170,9 @@ export default function AppStateProvider({
         clearNextPhotoAnimation: () => setNextPhotoAnimation?.(undefined),
         shouldRespondToKeyboardCommands,
         setShouldRespondToKeyboardCommands,
-        // UPLOADS
+        // UPLOAD
+        uploadInputRef,
+        startUpload,
         uploadState,
         setUploadState,
         resetUploadState,