If i unistall iphoto will i lose my photos?

My iPhoto application has become "damaged or is incomplete". The icon now has a crossed out circle. This happened when I installed iDVD 7.1.2 when I needed to burn an iMovie file to a disc. It did not come installed on my iMac (Late 2012) because I don't have a built in DVD drive.
I'm afraid to uninstall and reinstall iPhoto because I don't want to lose any of my photos.
Any advise?
Thanks!

Back them up and reinstall iPhoto. While the reinstallation process itself won't delete them, other things can.
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