4 months of iPhotos lost

I have a 2010 27 inch iMac with I am pretty sure i11.
Last night iPhoto would not open, and finally it opened again.
However, all photos from April to August 2012 are missing, along with a couple of photo albums I made.
Is there any way to find them? I have gone to the iLibrary and located iPhoto photos, but the photos are missing.
4 months of photos and some albums have disapppeard.
Any help?

Many thanks for your patience and kindness.
I went looking around on my external backup and low and behold, there was an iPhoto icon with the date of August 8. I have no clue how or why it was backed up, but there it is. Eveything is there on the external disk.
1. Is there a way to move that to the computer and make it my primary iPhoto?
2. My computer is 1TB, and my external disc is only 500GB. My fault, I know. Thus, I do not thing the Time Machine could be configured as a backup.
Do you know if there is way for me to set it on Time Machine, but only back certain files, such as iPhoto, and other top priority?
Thanks.

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If these pictures are available from their original source (like a camera) just re-import them.
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http://www.prosofteng.com/products/data_rescue.php
http://www.subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php?mainpage=product_info&cPath=201&productsid=3
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