Iphoto wont recognize photos on iphone

Iphone 5 iOS 7.1.1
Macbook iOS 10.5.8
iPhoto on macbook 7.1.5
While wanting to import photos from iphone to iphoto, iphoto will recognize my iphone but says there are no items. There is clearly photos on my phone. What could be happening?

Launch iTunes.
Connect your phone.
WHen it asks you to trust the phone, say yes.
Then try import the photos again.

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