Photos Are Blank

I have been using iphoto for about 3 years and over the last 9 months I have been noticing issues with my pictures going "blank" after I import.
The event is created and I can view the photo, however if I double click the photo to edit or email, the screen goes black. If I go back to the event, then the photo reappears. Additionally, when I open a photo and hit the email button, the photo that attaches is no longer a .jpg file, its just numbers. This also causes problems if you send the photo out, then the recipient cannot save it because it is a .bmp file.
I guess I am trying to find out if this is an iphoto problem or if there is a problem with the computer? Any suggestions would be appreciated as this is starting to get very frustrating.
Thanks.

Do the first one. then the third and then the fourth as needed
No - rebuilds only need to be done when there is a problem that it will resolve
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