Hi Marcus,

Do you have Photos selected under Library?
Then double-click a thumbnail image in Photos
You should then see the enlarged photo in the centre frame and Info/Edit/Create 
 etc in Right column of the iPhoto window
And the thumbnail strip at bottom.

From what you mention below you are not seeing the enlarged photo in the centre 
frame of the iPhoto window... Is that correct?
The flag is if you want to 'flag' an image.

> Also my iMac doesn't recognise inserted USB flash drives and SDHC Cards now, 
> but that's another issue for another day.

I would suggest you Repair Permissions, Repair Drive and download the combo 
update and install that. 
  <http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1659>

Repair Drive in Mountain Lion:

1. Reboot the Mac and hold down Command+R to boot into Recovery
2. Select “Recovery HD” at the boot menu
3. At the Mac OS X Utilities screen, select “Disk Utility”
4. Select the boot volume or partition from the left menu and click on the 
“Repair” tab
5. Repair Disk is now possible, click on “Repair Disk” to repair the boot volume

Cheers,
Ronni
Sent from Ronni's iPad4

On 15/06/2013, at 10:43 PM, Marcus F Harris <cryptodo...@me.com> wrote:

> Hi Ronni,
> It's bewildering.
> I have checked hidden photos in the VIEW. No, it's not that.
> I'll try to explain a bit more as I've tried all the recommended solutions, 
> by you and the Apple Support Friends Terence and Eric.
> 
> When in iPhoto, I select a photo and click EDIT, the photo is invisible, but 
> the thumbnail is visible in the strip below.
> What is visible is the request to ID the faces? Sometimes a FLAG appears as 
> well.
> 
> If I select EFFECTS, the thumbnails appear on the RHS, but the photo itself 
> remains invisible.
> 
> Before I updated to ML 10,8,4 I didn't have this problem.
> 
> Also my iMac doesn't recognise inserted USB flash drives and SDHC Cards now, 
> but that's another issue for another day.
> 
> Thanks for trying to find a solution. Perhaps it's something I overlooked and 
> I guess I can report this to APPLE if there's no obvious solution. 
> Cheers
> Marcus
> Marcus Harris
> P.O. Box 7135
> Marcus Harris
> Shenton Park
> Western Australia 6008
> Australia
> Cryptodome Pty Ltd
> cryptodo...@me.com
> Mob: +61 (0) 417965618
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 15/06/2013, at 7:26 AM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Marcus,
>> 
>> Did you try both suggestions to your question on Apple Discussions?
>> <https://discussions.apple.com/message/22244495#22244495>
>> /quotes
>> "As a Test:
>>  
>>  
>> Hold down the option (or alt) key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu 
>> select 'Create Library'
>>  
>>  
>> Import a few pics into this new, blank library. Is the Problem repeated 
>> there?"
>> 
>> And
>> "If that doesn't work, try rebuilding the library."
>>  
>> iPhoto Library rebuild
>> /end Quotes
>> What were your results?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
>> 
>> On 14/06/2013, at 5:51 PM, Marcus F Harris <cryptodo...@me.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Ronni,
>>> No, I can view the thumbnails, however I followed your advice and that 
>>> didn't change anything.
>>> Then, I did a full database rebuild and still no resolution of the issue.
>>> 
>>> After updating to OS10.8.4 I can no longer view an individual photos within 
>>> "info and edit". 
>>> I know the image is there because Face ID is showing as "is this So and So?"
>>> So, for some strange reason, the image itself is invisible.
>>> 
>>> I have run permission repairs and restarted with shift key active and it 
>>> makes no difference.
>>> If you have any further suggestions, I'll be pleased to try them.
>>> cheers
>>> Marcus
>>> Marcus Harris
>>> P.O. Box 7135
>>> Marcus Harris
>>> Shenton Park
>>> Western Australia 6008
>>> Australia
>>> Cryptodome Pty Ltd
>>> cryptodo...@me.com
>>> Mob: +61 (0) 417965618
>>> 
>>>>> iMac 27 2010
>>>>> OS 10.8.4
>>>>> 3.06 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
>>>>> 8 Gb 1067 MHz RAM
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 14/06/2013, at 8:32 AM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Marcus,
>>>> 
>>>> Do you mean the Thumbnails of the photos are not showing in Photos?
>>>> If using iPhoto'11 (v 9.4.3)
>>>> 1. Quit iPhoto
>>>> 2. Then while holding the Command and Option keys on the keyboard, open 
>>>> iPhoto
>>>> 3. A dialogue box appears, select "Rebuild Thumbnails"
>>>> This can take awhile if you have a large library.
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Ronni
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
>>>> 
>>>> On 13/06/2013, at 9:11 PM, Marcus F Harris <cryptodo...@me.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi, I am a snapshot photographer and use iPhoto to store and edit my 
>>>>> snaps.
>>>>> After updating to OS10.8.4 I can no longer view individual photos with 
>>>>> "info and edit".
>>>>> I know the image is there because face ID is showing as "is this So and 
>>>>> So?"
>>>>> Can someone please point out what I need to do to reveal the image, which 
>>>>> is now hidden?
>>>>> Thank you
>>>>> Marcus
>>>>> Marcus Harris
>>>>> P.O. Box 7135
>>>>> Marcus Harris
>>>>> Shenton Park
>>>>> Western Australia 6008
>>>>> Australia
>>>>> Cryptodome Pty Ltd
>>>>> cryptodo...@me.com
>>>>> Mob: +61 (0) 417965618
>>>>> 
>>>>> iMac 27 2010
>>>>> OS 10.8.4
>>>>> 3.06 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
>>>>> 8 Gb 1067 MHz RAM
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