I have photos in iphotos, but no files...

I can see the photos. iPhoto has them. But I can't find my iphoto library. I searched the names of the photos, no such success. I uploaded photos onto the computer and then checked finder's "most recently modified files", and couldn't find them. Arghh! Does iphoto change the names of the photos when it uploads them? Where did my iphoto library go?! Please help, as I need to send some photos onto devil spawn––I mean advertisers who are breathing down my neck!
Thanks

iPhoto does not change the name of the photos (usually the number assigned by the camera) It also uses the metadata - the date the picture was taken for filing. It doesn't create a new file when importing - just copies it.So it would not show up by latest modification date.
Your explanation is a bit hard to follow.
iPhoto is designed to do EVERYTHING while working in the application window. iPhoto stores all the data in the iPhoto Library Folder in your Pictures folder. Do not do anything to this folder - changing its contents in anyway will corrupt the database.

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Please explain how you are doing things
finding photos is simple - <a href="http://web.me.com/larryhn/iPhoto_08_(version_7.x.x)_FAQ/Accessing_iPhoto_Photos. html"> click here for a discussion on the many correct and safe ways to access your iPhoto library photos.</a>
How are you doingthis and what is happening and what is not happening?
As to face reconition - it is certainily not perfect and you often have to add faces to photos
as to yoou thrid question with inadaquate information for anyone to help you
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again we have no idea what you are doing unless you bother to tell us where are you editing them? How are you trying to get them to the main iPhoto page. Exactly what are you doing and what is happening and what is not happening?
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Your mailto link is not the way to go, take a look at this and it should get you on the right path.
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On your action page, you can have it give the thank you message that you want. Having a seperate page saying they forgot to do something complicates matters more than you might wish at this point, and usually irritates people. however if you decide you want to go that way, look up "sticky forms". What this does is re-populate the fields when they have to go back to correct.
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I delete photos from iPhoto but when I back up my computer the library rebuilds them!

After I do a backup it rebuilds the iPhoto.
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Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
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