IPhoto won't unmount iPhone

Whenever I open iPhoto it shows my iPhone as mounted. It does this even when the iPhone is not connected. The iPhone bar is automatically selected and shows "phantom" photo icons with file names in the window. When a phantom is selected, the info box shows the file names and dates of the photos stored on my iPhone. It makes no difference if my iPhone is connected or not.
I had successfully downloaded all of these photos to iPhoto before this problem developed, but I'm not sure if the iPhone unmounted after my last download.
iTunes behaves normally, mounting and unmounting the iPhone and syncing the iTunes material.
I would rather not restore the iPhone because the warning says all of my media will be erased.
Thanks in advance for any advice.

This fixed worked for me:
Remove these files in /Library/Caches/
com.apple.ImageCaptureExtension2.ICADeviceDatabase.501
com.apple.ImageCaptureNotifications.DeviceDiscoveryDatabase.501
Restart.

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