diff --git a/internal/executor/create.go b/internal/executor/create.go
index c35bbcf..96f3c73 100644
--- a/internal/executor/create.go
+++ b/internal/executor/create.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package executor
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"codeflow.dananglin.me.uk/apollo/enbas/internal/client"
@@ -67,6 +68,71 @@ func (c *CreateExecutor) createStatus(gtsClient *client.Client) error {
 		sensitive  bool
 	)
 
+	attachmentIDs := []string(c.attachmentIDs)
+
+	if !c.mediaFiles.Empty() {
+		descriptionsExists := false
+		focusValuesExists := false
+		expectedLength := len(c.mediaFiles)
+		mediaDescriptions := make([]string, expectedLength)
+
+		if !c.mediaDescriptions.Empty() {
+			descriptionsExists = true
+
+			if !c.mediaDescriptions.ExpectedLength(expectedLength) {
+				return errors.New("the number of media descriptions does not match the number of media files")
+			}
+		}
+
+		if !c.mediaFocusValues.Empty() {
+			focusValuesExists = true
+
+			if !c.mediaFocusValues.ExpectedLength(expectedLength) {
+				return errors.New("the number of media focus values does not match the number of media files")
+			}
+		}
+
+		if descriptionsExists {
+			for ind := 0; ind < expectedLength; ind++ {
+				content, err := utilities.ReadContents(c.mediaDescriptions[ind])
+				if err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("unable to read the contents from %s: %w", c.mediaDescriptions[ind], err)
+				}
+
+				mediaDescriptions[ind] = content
+			}
+		}
+
+		for ind := 0; ind < expectedLength; ind++ {
+			var (
+				mediaFile   string
+				description string
+				focus       string
+			)
+
+			mediaFile = c.mediaFiles[ind]
+
+			if descriptionsExists {
+				description = mediaDescriptions[ind]
+			}
+
+			if focusValuesExists {
+				focus = c.mediaFocusValues[ind]
+			}
+
+			attachment, err := gtsClient.CreateMediaAttachment(
+				mediaFile,
+				description,
+				focus,
+			)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("unable to create the media attachment for %s: %w", mediaFile, err)
+			}
+
+			attachmentIDs = append(attachmentIDs, attachment.ID)
+		}
+	}
+
 	switch {
 	case c.content != "":
 		content = c.content
@@ -76,7 +142,7 @@ func (c *CreateExecutor) createStatus(gtsClient *client.Client) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to get the status contents from %q: %w", c.fromFile, err)
 		}
 	default:
-		if c.attachmentIDs.Empty() {
+		if len(attachmentIDs) == 0 {
 			// TODO: revisit this error type
 			return EmptyContentError{
 				ResourceType: resourceStatus,
diff --git a/internal/utilities/file.go b/internal/utilities/file.go
index d6e29a7..65e88e3 100644
--- a/internal/utilities/file.go
+++ b/internal/utilities/file.go
@@ -5,8 +5,19 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 )
 
+const filePrefix string = "file@"
+
+func ReadContents(text string) (string, error) {
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(text, filePrefix) {
+		return text, nil
+	}
+
+	return ReadFile(strings.TrimPrefix(text, filePrefix))
+}
+
 func ReadFile(path string) (string, error) {
 	file, err := os.Open(path)
 	if err != nil {