Recovering photos that might not be permanently gone, but I can't find them

I had just finished sorting through the smart folder "All Photos" in the finder window, deleting duplicates and old photos. I wanted a fresh start in iPhoto, so I deleted all the photos- thinking I could import the photos from "All Photos" back into iPhoto.
I tried that, and it didn't work. I thought about going into Documents > Pictures, but the only place that had ALL the photos was - yes - "All Photos".
I had an idea to just drag the folder into the iPhoto icon in the dock.
They vanished.
I can't find them in the trash, and I went to go Edit > Undo, it said that it can't be undone.
There's over 5,000 pictures and a LOT of time spent sifting through all of them.
If you know where they may be, please help!!!

Ang
Welcome to the Apple user to user assistance forums
Note for the future - do not use the all images smart folder in the finder to delete photos if you are using iPhoto - You are very likely to create problems - especially since what appear to be duplicates in the all images folder are not - the iPhoto library has two or maybe three different versions of each photo all with the same name but not duplicates, different versions
What does the all images folder show now? You mentioned trying to get photos from them the pictures folder - what do you have there?
thinking I could import the photos from "All Photos" back into iPhoto. I tried that, and it didn't work.
When you try to import photos from the All Photos folder into iPhoto what happens?
If the photos have been deleted then your only choice is to use your recent backup or a file recovery program like file salvage - http://subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php?mainpage=product_info&productsid=1
If you still have photos on your system that you want in iPhoto quit iPhoto an drag the iPhoto library to the desktop and launch iPhoto and create a new library and import those photos into iPhoto
I strongly recommend that you not use the finder to manage photos that are being managed by iPhoto - if you do you will have more problems
LN

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