get_sample_data from Matplotlib when inserting an image in a plot <p>I'm working on a project and in my code (using python) I want to insert an image in one of the plots I create. I found out that I could insert an image by using the <strong>get_sample_data</strong> from Matplotlib but that the file(image) has to be in a specific directory (\matplotlib\mpl-data\sample_data), the problem is that this project will have to be run on other computers, so I'd like to have the images of the plot in the same directory as I have the code (so to say, \documents\bs). I found that the answer is rc, but I'm not an expert in programming and I'm not so sure how that works...So I'd like to know if someone knows how I could solve my problem, or suggest me some references of where to look, as I could not find so much information about it.</p> <p>Thanks is advanced!</p> <p>As someone asked me, I attach the part of the code:</p> <pre><code>wave.plot(xstring,ystring,color='brown',linewidth=2.0) xy = (0.5, 0.7) left = get_sample_data("./lside_hand.png", asfileobj=False) right = get_sample_data("./rside_hand.png", asfileobj=False) arr_l=read_png(left) arr_r=read_png(right) imageboxl = OffsetImage(arr_l, zoom=0.1) imageboxr = OffsetImage(arr_r, zoom=0.1) ab_l = AnnotationBbox(imageboxl, xy,xybox=(-107., 0)) ab_r = AnnotationBbox(imageboxr, xy,xybox=(107., 0)) wave.add_artist(ab_l) wave.add_artist(ab_r) </code></pre> <p>with wave being a plot already defined and that has no problems, and xstring and ystring also some data in an array. I have no problem with any of this things nor do I get an error. The problem I have is with the function get_sample_data, that whenever I save my file in another directory that is not sample_data gives me an error (the one saying that could not find the file).</p> <p>To be more clear, now I put the files in that directory, and works, but if I send it to someone else, he/she would have to include those files in that directory, and that's a pitty... The plot I've created is:</p> <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/VzZFU.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Plot I created</a></p>