Recovering lost iPhoto images??

Hi all,
I'm a complete idiot here! I thought I had backed everything up before I upgraded to leopard, and I did. The one thing I forgot, was probably the most important--
Does anyone know if it is possible to recover an iPhoto library after upgrading to leopard?
I know this is desperate, and to make matters worse - I did a clean install, erasing what was previously on my hard drive.
Thank you so much to anyone who can provide some input!

I am confused, do you have a copy of your iPhoto library on your backup? If so, you should be able to just copy the library back to your computer. When you start iPhoto, hold down the option key which will give you the option of creating a new iPhoto library or choosing an existing one. Click on the option to choose one and navigate to the library you just copied over. It should open without any problems.
If any on the other hand, you do not have a copy of the library on the backup disk, you might be out of luck. Sorry.

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