IPhoto problem : Library size got to 251 GB after upgrading iTunes

I have iMac, iPad and iPod Classic.
While downloading the latest iTunes version (and importing some pictures from my camera) the sync stopped.
After a while I realized that my iPhoto library has got a size of 251 Gb (it was 34 Gb before the iTunes download).
This means that I can't sync all my photos to iPad etc.
But , above all, it appeared in "other" folder something like 216 Gb which I can't understand what it is !
Evidently I imported/downloaded something wrong from iTunes.
What shall I do now ?

There are some topics at the right on this page under More Like This that discuss a similar issue.  Check those to see if it's the same as yours.  I don't remember any of them offering a solution. 
Do you have more photos in the library than you did before the iTunes upgrade?  What system and iPhoto version are you using?

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