try this in simple way first :
1- Drag an OpenFileDialog to the form
2- One picture box control
then :
private void Load_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
openFD.Title = "Insert an image ";
openFD.InitialDirectory = "c:";
openFD.FileName = "";
openFD.Filter = "JPEG Image|*.jpg|GIF Image|*.gif|PNG Image|*.png";
openFD.Multiselect = false;
if (openFD.ShowDialog() != DialogResult.OK)
return;
//display image in pic box
pictureBox1.ImageLocation = openFD.FileName;
}
and check if it is displaying the image or not ?