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HTML

<body>
    <div class="uploadBox">
        <a href="javascript:void(0)" id="uploadIcon" href="">
            <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Icon_-_upload_photo_2.svg/512px-Icon_-_upload_photo_2.svg.png"  width="20px" height="20px"/>
        </a>
        <input type="file" value="upload" id="uploadFile" class="uploadFile" />
    </div>
</body>

CSS

.uploadFile {
   visibility : hidden;
}

JavaScript

$("#uploadIcon").click(function(){
        $('#uploadFile').trigger('click');
    });