Accessing Pictures Held on iCloud Drive

Hi, I have been waiting for Apple's iCloud Drive offering for a while and want to transfer my docs/pics etc. to the new service - but the lack of a standalone Apple iCloud Drive Application is strange. Yes, you can access Docs via Pages etc. but HOW do you access pictures. I have over 30GB of Pictures and if I wanted to transfer them onto Apple's cloud after upgrading my storage option how would I then access them on my iPad/iPhone??
I uploaded a single image to iCloud Drive and looked into the Photo's app for any sign of an iCloud Drive folder to suggest they had been found and there is nothing - so how do you do it?
Cheers

At the present time, you can only access data in iCloud drive from within apps that support it. See http://www.imore.com/icloud-drive-clearing-up-confusion.

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