IPhoto problem with ! Appearing

I recently uploaded a series of pictures to my IPhoto 08 but whenever I double click to view a vertical picture I get the ! instead. The horizontal and prior uploaded vertical picture have no problem. This has never happened before & I haven't altered the pictures in any way. I uploaded them from my scandisk card into the printer as usual and into the Iphoto page

Hi Joey
The "!" means that iPhoto can't find the photo or the connection between iPhoto and the Library has been severed. Try reinstalling the photos that give you the !. Or try rebuilding the database. Hold down the apple and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild.
Good luck.

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