Duplications in Preview

Hi,
I'm very new to Mac's after having been with Windows.
I open up Preview through the Launchpad and then open up the Pictures folder and within that there is the iPhoto Library.
I open this up and then it shows me 702 images however upon opening up iPhoto Library there are only 212 images.
Is there a reason for there being many duplicates and there seems to be a big and thumbnail version?
It also seems to show images of Faces that appear in my images! Is there a way of stopping this?
Many Thanks
Matt

Ok, so its perfectly normal for there to be 2 versions of each photo when i open the iPhoto Library in Preview?
Matt
Yes, but it is not perfectly normal to open the iPhoto Library in Preview. Browse the library, using iPhoto or the Media Browser.
This user tip by Terence Devlin describes the options how to access your images in iPhoto:
How to Access Files in iPhoto
And this explains iPhoto's file management:
iPhoto and File Management

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