Image of Flash Drive

I want to store a copy of the contents of my flash drive (32Gb work back-up) on my Mac but dont want all the photos and files etc added to my list of documents and photos on my Macbook pro. How do I do this? I suppose I just want and image on my desktop.
Newbie, and thanks in advance

Plug in the Flash drive. Go to Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility. Highlight the flash drive on the left. Click the New Image button in the toolbar. Select a location for the image. Click Save.

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