Problems importing from SD card into iphoto

hi there, im trying to import photos from an SD card into iphoto and the "import selected" and "import all" boxes are greyed out... Any ideas why that would be? I can see all my photos and access them in iphoto, i just cant import them... Many thanks!

Just to add - i have just tried uploading photos from my iphone too and the issue is the same... I can view them all in iphoto but i cant import. Very strange.
Any help very much appreciated.
Thanks in advance

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