Iphoto thumbnails open blank with second user

We have a two user macbook pro. When we load new photos onto iphoto on one 'side' the photos load fine and can be seen by that user. When we switch sides to the other user the thumbnails are there but they open blank. This seems to be a new problem. The thumbnails always open fine with the user that loads the photos, but not with the other user.
Both users are using the same iphoto library.
Any ideas, do I have a setting wrong somewhere ????

Thanks Terence,
I have found by right clicking on the photos the problem is permissions. If I rebuild as you say I think it will temporarily fix the problem as I have done this before and it does. As it starts to rebuild it asks to fix the permissions and voila its fixed though it does go through the process. My problem is that I need to rebuild every time I upload photos.
When one user uploads the photos it seems to create a folder in the iphoto library but the permissions within that particular date folder are allocated to that user rather than all users. I have the library in the shared user account and the permissions I have set for the iphoto library as everyone read write access. How do I get it to upload and give permission to all users when it does. Is there a setting somewhere?
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