IPhoto does not open automatically – does not recognize iPhone or camera

Question

How can I import my photos when connecting iPhone or camera?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X 10.7.4, iPhoto '11 ………
thx.

Answer 1

Duh!  Yes iTunes does talk to the iPhone. But it's primarily for syncing photos from iPhoto to the phone and not the other way. 
Make a temporary, backup copy (if you don't already have a backup copy) of the library and try the following:
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your
     User/Home()/Library/ Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache file, Cache.db, that is located in your
     User/Home()/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder. 
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3 - launch iPhoto and try communicating with the iPhone again.
NOTE: If you're moved your library from its default location in your Home/Pictures folder you will have to point iPhoto to its new location when you next open iPhoto by holding down the Option key when launching iPhoto.  You'll also have to reset the iPhoto's various preferences.
If that doesn't help try repairing disk permisisons with Disk Utility and reboot your Mac.  Lastly give Image Capture a try to see if you can manually download the photos to a folder on your Desktop and then import the folder into iPhoto.