I lost my photos from iPhoto

I lost all my photos from iPhoto... my storage memory is still good but all my photos are gone ... pls help.

want to tell us a bit more  --  likw what version of the OS and of iPhoto? Each version is different
and what happened - what has recently changed - what do you mean by lost your photos? exactly what do you see?
LN

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