How can I stop iPhoto from importing duplicates of every photo on my iPhone

Having a problem with duplicates of all pics imported from my iPhone
-Connect iPhone
-iPhoto opens, showing the photos on the phone which have not been imported. Problem is that 2 copies of each of the photos are shown as being ready to import. Import otherwise goes as normal.
-If I select "import all," it will import both copies of each photo.
-Selecting and importing just 1 copy of each pic works fine, but leaves a copy on my phone, even if I delete the imported pics.
-The pics are not duplicated on my phone (before or after any import).
I'd appreciate any advice.
Thanks,
-Mark
Mid 2007 20in iMac-(2GHz IC2D), OSX 10.10.2, iPhone 5S

The problem is that every import is at least one new Event, and so it's quite possible that you could have 1,000 new Events every month thanks to Phootstream.
However, it's not such a huge deal to just select the Event at the end of the month and auto-split it (in the Events menu)
Regards
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