Iphoto won't let me view my pictures?

My MacBook says I have 22gb of photos, but when I open Iphoto it displays the "getting started" page and insists that I have no photos. The photos aren't anywhere else on my computer (photobooth, pictures folder). Help?

Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library'
How many Libraries are listed?
What version of iPhoto do you have?

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