Some of my photos just show as grey JPG boxes

I updated my iPhone 5 from iOS 7.0.4 to 7.1.2 before Apple stops signing 7.1.2 because I don't want to update to iOS 8 yet. After updating and restoring from my backup, I discovered this problem. Some of my photos just show as grey JPG boxes. The pics seem to be corrupted. I can't even open them after exporting it to my macbook using Image Capture. To make things worse, I never transfer my pics to iPhoto or even iCloud which is really an embarrassing mistake. I reinstalled 7.1.2 and restored from my backup but still have the problem. Another weird thing is that I backup my iPhone in my iTunes at least once a week, but the most recent backup that I have now aside from what I made just before updating was from September 11, 2013, which is a year ago. I also tried using different backup explorer tools to try to retrieve my pics but my most recent backup doesn't have the folders that these programs are looking for, unlike my older backups. I guess my backups are really messed up. I don't know what to do now. I lost very, very important and memorable pictures. I am so devastated. Please help me

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