Help on displaying images (tkinter - Python)

import tkinter as tk
import sqlite3
from tkinter import messagebox

root = tk.Tk()
root.geometry("400x500")
root.resizable(width=False, height= False)
root.title("Dic")
root.configure(background='skyblue')

########### DEF FOR SEARCH #######
def search():
    #try:
    conn= sqlite3.connect('Example.db')
    cur= conn.cursor()
    tex.delete(1.0,"end")
    data= v.get()
    cur.execute("SELECT definition, Image FROM tables WHERE Word= ?", (data.lower(),))
    var= cur.fetchone()

    tex.insert("end", var[0])  # accessing the meaning
    #####################################
    img_path = var[1]                            # accessing thge path to the image
    image_object = tk.PhotoImage(file=img_path)  # here I'm not using PIL, but tkinter PhotoImage
    ImageLabel.config(image=image_object)
    ImageLabel.image = image_object              # keep a reference to the image
    ######################################
    #except:
       # messagebox.showinfo("Dic","Word not found")


########## GUI DESIGN ##############
v= tk.StringVar()
entry= tk.Entry(root, width=20,bg= "#FFFFFf",bd=2, textvariable= v)
entry.place(x=50, y= 25)

Butt= tk.Button(root, width=10, height= 1,command= search, text= "Search", bg= "#666699",fg="white",bd=0,font=("rockwell", 9))
Butt.place(x=190, y=25)
tex=tk.Text(root, font= ("Bahnschrift SemiLight",12),bg= "#999ccc",bd= 0,width=35,height= 10)
tex.place(x=50,y=55)

ImageLabel= tk.Label(root,font=("calibra", 9), width=30, height= 13, bg= "white")
ImageLabel.place(x=50, y= 250)

root.mainloop()