Sometimes I've had pics come to me from other places which come up black in 
iPhoto.  The way I overcome this it to first open them in 'Preview' which is a 
standard application in Macs.  Then I make a copy with the free and very useful 
image capture application 'Capture Me.'   The resultant saved image from 
'Capture Me' goes straight to the desktop. I then drag it to iPhoto for editing 
or whatever.

Get 'Capture Me' at http://www.chimoosoft.com/products/captureme/

Cheers, Paul. 

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