Files Missing in Finder

A large number of photo files have disappeared from my iPhoto library in Finder view, but still appear in iPhoto itself. I've tried browsing in Photoshop and in the Finder, as well as searching, but no files appear in the year/month/date folder structure. What happened to my files??

Select a photo in iPhoto, Control-Click on it, and select "Show in Finder". That will show you were the actual file is.
Also, can you view them in full-screen mode? If not, then the file might really be missing, and iPhoto is just showing you the lower-resolution thumbnail from the data folders.

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