How do I recover a photo with Time Machine?

I've already emptied the iPhoto trash, but can't get Time machine to show deleted photos.

right - TM does not restore indivitual photos - you can find tehm on the TimeMachine backuo volume, copy to your Mac desktopa and import to iPhoto
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    Hi,
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    There is no Trash bin in the Aperture library package, where you can access the image files.  But until you actually empty Aperture's Trash, the image files will remain in the Masters folder inside the Aperture library, package exactly where they have been stored after importing. Aperture only indexes them differently in the database files.  If you still know, the exact date when you imported the missing photos, ctrl click the Aperture Library package in the Finder, use "Show Package Contents" and open the "Masters" folder. Open the subfolder for the year of the import, the month, the day:
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