User blog comment:Rappy 4187/Technical Update: March 10, 2015/@comment-11387016-20150311151618/@comment-5275700-20150311181032

At this time, there are no plans to restore the right rail Photos module ahead of further changes to the right rail, and even then its presence (or the presence of something similar) in the rail is not assured.

I would like to hear more about your upload workflow and why the other options are not as optimal for you. Special:NewFiles is linked on local navigation, you don't necessarily have to type it. You also have "Add a Photo" on the Contribute menu in the nav area. But that sends you to Special:Upload which is different from the modal-based upload path you got from the rail module, and still get on Special:NewFiles. You also have the upload options within the editor, as you craft specific blog posts. Can one of those options work for you with minimal impact on your workflow?