iPhoto library GONE!

[foinah]

I had to force quit while the application was open...hasn't been an issue before. I have an emac with OS X version 10.4.11.

I doubly suck because I have a 2.5 year old daughter and life has been hectic -- I haven't backed up my library since she was born. Yes, I know I'm being punished somehow by the karma gods.
4,000+ photos from my daughter's birth to this morning are gone...
Please, please tell me there is a way to retrieve this data. Otherwise...I can't bear the thought.

When I open the iphoto folder there are data files going back to 2000, but no pics. Is this a good sign?

 

[eric2006]

I don't see how the photos would get deleted from a force quit. More likely, the library file is damaged. Try this:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107947
Also, deleting iPhoto's preference file in
/users/<you>/library/preferences/com.apple.iphoto.plist
may help

What version of iPhoto are you using, and do you get any errors on opening, or just a blank library? Look in your trash to see if anything got accidently deleted.