Syncing photos from mac only syncs folders

Hi,
Im having some issues with my iPhone 6 plus 128 GB and MacBook Pro 15"
In total i have around 24.000 pictures on my MacBook Pro 15" that i would like to synchronize to my iPhone.
The issue being that when i sync the photos only the folders are synced to the phone, but the folders are empty, no pictures.
Everything else - music, movies and so on - syncs fine to the iPhone.
So this is what i've tried so far:
- Placed all the photos in folders and used the folder from iTunes instead of iPhoto
- Used iPhoto (in iTunes) to sync the photos
- Sync only 1 photo
- Tried another user on the MacBook, same issue.
- Syncing using iCloud (this worked, but i don't have the space for 24.000 photos using iCloud)
- Syncing using wire and wireless
- Erase and restore iPhone from new (this allowed me to sync photos once, but after the first sync it would only sync folders again)
Im thinking some of the next steps might be: Trying another computer, but im not really near any other computer at the moment so other options and steps would be nice!

Allrighty,
So i tried from another computer (windows) and the issue still persists. Do you have any clue on what i should trie next?

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