Why have a ton of my photos from iphoto disappeared?

ive had a Mac for about a month now and i went on iphoto one day and all my albums disappeared! I dont recall doing anything out of the ordinary. Some info: I have photo stream turned on, i have uploaded from different cameras at different times, sometimes i delete the photos from the camera, sometimes i dont, i have the latest version of IPhoto. Can anypne help? Ive tried all the other suggestions on the discussion boards

I don't understand how MY post is appearing here.    The initial post originally appeared elsewhere (Mac Intel, I believe) and I wrote to advise a reposting.
Okay, it is reposted but my comment no longer makes sense in this location.  

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