Python Tkinter Error, "Too Early to Create Image"

So I have an assignment that I have to use Tkinter to create a board game. This is just one part of the program where I want to bring in the image of the board. But I keep on getting the error, "Too early to create image" and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.

Here's my code so far:

from Tkinter import *
 from pprint import pprint
 
 # Which variable is currently updating
 from variableColors import Variables
 VariableIndex = 0               
 VariableText = Variables[VariableIndex]
 
 Ids = None             # Current canvas ids of the text and 4 player tokens:
                        # Will be None if not committed
 
 VariableCoords = { }       # Where store variable and coordinates
 
 
 im = PhotoImage(file="C:\Users\Kiki\Desktop\Assignment\\")
 photo = can.create_image(0,0,anchor=NW, image=im)
 
 can.pack()
 
 
 root.mainloop()
 

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks :)

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