Problem iPhoto imports triplicates of my iPhone photos

Hello,
When i want to import my iPhone photos on my mba'2012, iPhoto wants to import 3 times each photo.
Instead of importing 1006 photos, iPhoto imports 3018 photos !! :-/
For example, for a IMG_1500.jpg, iPhoto imports IMG_1550.jpg, IMG_1500_2.jpg and IMG_1500_3.jpg. (same size for each photo)
Everything is fine in the Photos.app in my iPhone, i see the exact number of photos (1006).
HDR is OFF
So what the problem?
Thanks in advance.
For information:
iPhone 4S 5.1.1
MBA 2012
iPhoto 9.3.2
OS X Mountain Lion
(On OS X Lion, i have the same issue)

First, thanks to help me.
For your question, here a screenshot of Image Capture:
Always the same problem...
This means that there a problem with my iPhone ?

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