Recent photos missing from iPhoto after dragging from Time Machine backup

Hi,
So I recently got back from a trip, and I imported all 400 photos from three cameras - my Canon, and two Olympus'.
When they were done importing, I also backed up my HD with Time Machine. Everything was fine, I could browse them all - edited a few, etc.
Then I wiped my HD and made a fresh install of OS X, because it was being rather sluggish. I dragged the backed up iPhoto Library (the most latest one from my external HD) to it's new place - opened it up, and the event key image of my trip is blank.
When I open the event, all the photos from the two Olympus' are missing - only remain the pictures from my Canon, and blank placeholders for the Olympus pictures - with titles, sizes and everything.
I went into the package, to see where they could be hiding - and have had no luck finding them (I even did a Finder search for the missing picture names).
What has happened?! Isn't iPhoto meant to store all files in one place when backed up via TM?
What should I do?

Maybe be a bit more succinct and reference this topic. Here's an alternated backup strategy that might work.
1 - copy the iPhoto Library to your TM hard drive via the Finder.
2 - use a 3rd party backup application like Synk Standard to make incremental backups as needed: after any use of the library for any reason. Incremental backups only copy new or changed files.
3 - once you're confident that the backup is a good one you can go into Time Machine and remove all of the iPhoto Library backups using the Action button in the top bar of the Finder window.
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