Can I upload entire iPhoto library to iCloud?

Greetings. Just bought MacBook Pro. Trying to recreate dynamic replica of my iMac desktop. Beefed up iCloud storage, ditto Dropbox...can I upload my entire iPhoto library to iCloud? And, if not, can anyone explain why not? Or know of an alternative method? Thanks in advance

No.
Because that's not a feature of either iCloud or iPhoto.
There is no alternative. Any folks who have tried running a Library from the cloud find that it is appallingly slow and there is a very high risk of data corruption as the online servers haven't a clue how to deal with the library.
Use an external disk formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Okay?

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