diff --git a/image.c b/image.c
index fcc6495..e7d8862 100644
--- a/image.c
+++ b/image.c
@@ -1,19 +1,43 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 #include "image.h"
 #include "matrix.h"
 
-typedef struct {
-    Matrix* pixel_values;
-    int image_label;
-} Image;
+Img** import_images(char* image_file_string, char* label_file_string, int number_of_images) {
 
-void img_print (Img* img){
+    // create file pointer for the image and label data
+    FILE* image_file = fopen(image_file_string, 'r');
+    FILE* label_file = fopen(label_file_string, 'r');
+
+    // check if the file could be opened
+    if(image_file == NULL || label_file == NULL) {
+        printf("ERROR: File could not be opened! ()");
+    }
+
+}
+
+void img_print (Img* img) {
     //print the image
     matrix_print(img->pixel_values);
     //print the number of the image
-    printf("%d", img->image_label);
+    printf("Number it is supposed to be: %d\n", img->image_label);
+}
+
+void img_free (Img* img) {
+    //frees the matrix of image (deep free)
+    matrix_free(img->pixel_values);
+    //frees the rest of img
+    free(img);
+}
+
+void images_free (Img** images, int quantity){
+    //frees every single image
+    for(int i=0;i<quantity;i++){
+        img_free(images[i]);
+    }
+    //frees the rest of images
+    free(images);
 }
-void img_free (Img* img)
diff --git a/image.h b/image.h
index e69de29..ddd20d5 100644
--- a/image.h
+++ b/image.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#pragma once
+
+typedef struct {
+    Matrix* pixel_values;
+    int image_label;
+} Image;
+
+Img** import_images(char* image_file_string, char* label_file_string, int number_of_images);
+void img_print (Img* img);
+void img_free (Img* img);
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