Photos App - Unresponsive

The Photos app on my IP4 has stopped responding to touch. I can launch the app, and see 4 Albums (Camera Roll, Photo Library, Last 12 Months, & Last Import iPhoto) but when i tap on any of the albums nothing happens. Also the icons on the bottom of the screen (albums, events, faces, & places) are also unresponsive to touch.
This problem goes away if I power down the IP4 and restart, but it has happened a few times in the past month.
Any ideas?

Basics from the manual are restart, reset, restore.
Have you tried each of these?

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