IPhoto 8- Pictures import as black square

Have encountered a problem when importing (2) jpg images to Iphoto 8. Images have been saved on desktop and then imported to Iphoto with result a black square. Have tried importing images to other photo albums as well as to a PC with no problem.
Can anyone out there help? I am a newbie to Mac

ESP Dan
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What is the source of these photos? The most common cause of "black" photos is that the photos are not RGB (the only color model supported by iPhoto) - if they are scanned photos and have a gray scale color profile you will have to change them to sRGB to work in iPhoto -- If that is it and you have lots to do, Old Toad has an automator script to do bulk conversions - search his posts for a link
LN

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