Recovering photos on ipad

Can anyone help please.
I was helped by Apple to store my items on i tunes while i downloaded ios 6, then reloaded everything back. However the next day my screen went blank. I went to itunes and recovered everything except my photos which i thought may be in icloud but i cant find where they could be.
I would be very grateful for any advice.
Thank you.
Jenny

1. If you stored your pictures on the Mac, then I guess that you probably stored them in iPhoto so you would have manually sync them via iTunes. 2. If you stored them via iCloud (Please note that only photos in your Camera Roll are stored in iCloud) then you would have to restore your device from a backup were your photos are included and could be restored.

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