Cannot see my pictures in iphoto

Have photos backed up on a mirror raid and cannot find them on iphoto. They're in there but I cannnot access them. Any ideas?

Exactly how did you back them up?
Exactly how are you trying to access them?
What is the format of the drive? The iPhoto library must be on a volume formatted Mac OS extended (journaled)
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