Where have my iPad iPhoto albums disappeared to?

iPad mini (retina), 64GB, iOS 8.1.3, iPhoto 9.6
iMac Yosemite 10.10.02
I used to have my special photos (eg our son's and daughter's weddings, Beijing trip, etc) on my iPad. I have a separate album on my iMac that I named iPad so that only these folders would copy over to my iPad. Now when I go to my iPad to look at these folders (Photos > Albums) they have disappeared. In Albums I now have All Photos, Videos, Last Import and Recently Deleted. In Photos everything appears to be in date order dating back to January 2011. No sign of my special albums.
In iTunes, when I go to iTunes, Devices, my iPad, there is no longer a Photos tab, only Music, Movies, TV shows, Books, Audiobooks and Tones. How can I get my albums back? Any help gratefully received. Thank you.

Ornella-
Most of the time in these cases, the user has more than one email and therefore more than one revel account. When you were logged in before, was it with a different email, or google or facebook? My best guess is that you logged in recently with a different email. I will send you an email so you don't have to post your email addresses online. The account using the gmail account you use on this forum was only created 7 hours ago, so it is not the same account you were logged into previously when you added photos.
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