IPhoto duplicates ALL portrait photos?

I just realized that all the photos taken in Portrait mode, are duplicated in the iPhoto.
This happens regardless of which camera the photos were taken by (all have "auto rotate" feature).
I found this out when I "Ctrl+Click" on any Portrait photos, it shows the "Revert to Original" option at the bottom on the contextual menu, even though these photos were never modified before.
Also when clicking on "Show File" or "Show Original File" from the contextual menu shows, it reveals the files from the "Modified" and "Original" folder respectively as well.
Is this normal? Anybody else experiencing this problem?
Thanks.

Psymon
I can only guess iPhoto does this for speed reason?!
No, I think it does it because it preserves your original file no matter what you do. This version control is a hardwired feature in iPhoto. It cannot be turned off and it's based on the best practise of digital asset management. Bluntly, if you don't want this feature, don't use iPhoto.
And no, there is no safe way to remove the Originals from a library. There are various hacks that claim to do this but I would not recommend any of them. We see too many reports on here from people who have had problems after using them.
Regards
TD

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But i've noticed that all portrait photos (not landscape format) are duplicated: one in "Originals" folder, and another one in "Modified" folder.
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"iPhoto is saving a copy of the rotated image into the Modified folder. Although it may look the same as the Original from the Finder, it's actually different.
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I hope someone can help me on that.
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