Solid Black Thumbnails?

When I import some of my greyscale .jpg images into iPhoto 6, they show up as solid black thumbnails. When I view the images, they display as dark negative images.
Is there a fix for this?

Eddie:
You might try using the "Embed sRGB Profile" Automator workflow that I created. It will embed that profile on any image file dropped on it. Much faster than opening in a 3rd party editor and then saving. You can download it from Toad's Cellar.
Do you Twango?
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