Lost photo library after upgrade to Lion -- please help me find it?

I have just upgraded to Lion, and started setup for iCloud.
I can't find my photo library on my Mac.
I tried upgrading to iPhoto 9.2, but the install didn't work -- got stuck on "searching for photos"
The photos do appear in iPhoto, but not in the library?
My backups on a separate hard disk may be ok, but I thought the library used to have the list of photos. All I can see is the icon. I hesitate to open anything, as I don't want to lose all of my photos....
Please advise.

The photos do appear in iPhoto, but not in the library?
Please explain. iPhoto displays photos from the iPhoto library - if you have photos in iPhoto then you have an iPhoto library
Are you trying to access your photos? You do not do that directly into the iPhoto library - that has never been a support access method - you use the media browser
What exactly are you trying to do?
LN

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