IPhoto 6 refuses to display many of my photos

I have a number of photos that I use in Slideshows that suddenly refuse to display in the newest version of iPhoto. They come up as a solid black screen. In trying to get them in the editor, the progress wheel continues to spin with no results. They are all standard JPEG photos taken with either a Canon Digital Rebel or 20D, so I don't know what the problem is.
These same photos show just fine in Preview and GraphicConverter, so it appears I will have to make GraphicConverter the application for my Slideshows from now on! I wish I knew what makes iPhoto more fussy than other photo programs.
Griff

Hi Griff,
I can't find the other thread - what is it called? I have the same issue.
Cheers

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onjour
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know I need to update my iPhoto to 9.6.1 for a successful migration of my iPhoto library to the photos app.
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Apparently Photos has a bug, that lets it show the times for photos taken in a different timezone incorrectly. If you have many photos taken in different timezones, you may want to wait with the migration, until this has been fixed.

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