Accessing iPhoto Library From Time Machine

I recently began backing up mine and my wife's MacBooks using Time Machine. Previously, I would drag the folders to my Lacie drive to back them up. Generally, only iTunes, Documents, and iPhoto had anything new in them after the first time.
My issue is that I can't find a way to access the Time Machine backup files from another Mac. What if one of the Macs is stolen, as happened to us before? How can I access the images from the lost/stolen Mac that are backed up in Time Machine? Time Machine protects everything and in the case of iPhoto it's not possible to access the iPhoto Library using folders any longer, as it was in earlier versions of OSX. The images/folders are all somehow imbedded within the iPhoto Libary itself.
Thanks --

You do not "access" your TM backup - you open it using TM and restore the file(s) you want from teh time your want
specific TM questions are best ask in the TM forum
LN

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