tkInter and Pillow don't display any images in GUIs - program gives errors instead

[joe_momma]

its getting garbage collected and it will not show

import tkinter as tk
from PIL import Image, ImageTk
 
w, h = (864, 576)
 
root = tk.Tk()
 
 

canvas = tk.Canvas(root, height=h, width=w)
canvas.pack()
 
bg = ImageTk.PhotoImage(Image.open("characterwindow01.jpg"))
bg_l = tk.Label(root, image=bg)
bg_l.place()
 
 

root.mainloop()