Preview.app images blank

Hello,
Suddenly, Preview.app will not display any image files. I see just a blank window. I have tried opening multiple images and see them in the sidebar on the right, but when an image is clicked, it does not display in the application window. I tried a pdf file and it does render fine. I thought it was a permissions issue, but I have the ACL for the directory I am using setup to inherit the folder properties that I own.
The images are viewable in finder using coverflow and finder.app. When I use preview to open images of various dimensions, the window expands to the correct aspect ratio, just no image.
After reviewing discussions, I have tried using 32bit mode without any luck. I also deleted the preferences plist for Preview.
Any ideas?

I posted this in the wrong forum. I am using server 10.6.2.

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