Duplicate Photos Won't Export

Hi all,
I'm trying to export photos to a file and they are "unable to create/users/laurieleewalsh . . ." I went to my package contents to try to find the originals and the package contents looks way different than the last time I've gone in there. I couldn't find the originals file - where are the originals now?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!

I might be totally missing it this morning . . . I right-clicked on the iPhoto icon in Applications. I scrolled to and opened "Show Package Contents" . . . and here is what is in the "Contents" folder:
(When I've done this before I've immediately seen the "Originals" folder.
/Users/lauriewalsh/Desktop/Contents.jpg
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