While Publish does have integration with the Simple Gallery and Ultra Media Gallery modules, the functionality you are likely needing is to setup the proper permissions in your DNN File manage (admin menu, file manager options).\
If you give the author role permissions to read/write to a folder, they will have the ability to upload photos using the FCK editor, the standard DNN editor.
This will apply to all modules that use the FCK editor and that they have access to.