"It may be damaged or use a file format that Preview doesn't recognize."

I have read through all the discussions and I can never seem to find a solution or answer to this that is working for me.
Currently in Spain on vacation, loaded all my photo's into iPhoto to clear my camera, like an idiot I deleted them from my memory card cause I've never had an issue with my Mac.
First I was getting a "no room on Home" message, then I re-open iPhoto and everything is gone, even historical pictures. I tried to rebuild, doesn't work.
I can see some of the photo's on my hard drive still and can open them in Preview, but others when I try I get this "It may be damaged or use a file format that Preview doesn’t recognize."
I'm still in Spain, wondering if I should re-take really important photo's or chance that this can be fixed by someone who knows what they are doing when I get home.
Dear heaven THANK YOU if you can help me.

If I'm reading this corretly, capacity is 249.72 GB and 165.3 GB is avaliable.
The home message has happened before, however the IT at work managed to fix it, until now.
Thanks again/in advance.

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