Iphoto images suddenly darken

When I open a pic in iPhoto it is good for a second and then suddenly darkens. If I drag it onto my desktop it just fine. How can I stop this darkening, which started suddenly a week ago?

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The originals are all fine
does not answer the question asked:
Test this by using the command "File > reveal in Finder > Original file".
Then open the revealed file in Preview. Are the originals darker?
And this is not to insult your prowess with a camera or to doubt the quality of your images, but simply to try and see if the problem is system wide or specific to iPhoto. If it is, the next step would be to test in other Libraries to see if it's limited to just one and so on.

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