Photos gone from finder

I just installed the mac update today for snow leopard on my 2011 macbook pro. Now all of the sudden "Photos" is gone from places in finder. Before this update I was able to navigate to pictures I imported from memory cards now the only way to get to these pictures are to go to pictures >iphoto library > right click then show package contents> then random numbered folders - nothing is organized.
If I go to upload pictures to facebook, twitter or photoshop I can find all of my folders under media - but this location does not exist in finder.
Everything was working fine before this update.
Is this happening to anyone else? anyway to display albums in finder? I have a feeling I am missing something right in front of my face.

Before this update I was able to navigate to pictures I imported from memory cards now the only way to get to these pictures are to go to pictures >iphoto library > right click then show package contents> then random numbered folders - nothing is organized.
Accessing your files this way is not supported and a pretty good way to trash your Library.
If I go to upload pictures to facebook, twitter or photoshop I can find all of my folders under media
And thats exactly how you do it.
No there is no way to "display albums in the Finder". They don't exist in the FInder. Iphoto is a database nd it tracks the decisons you make in the database. So, for instance, an Album is really an instruction recorded on the database to "Display this group of pics together in this arrangement"
Regards
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