Satirical photographer Alison Jackson has turned her attention to the independence referendum after launching a search for Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling lookalikes.
The award-winning artist has whittled down her shortlist of candidates for the First Minister's double to just three, but finding the perfect doppelganger for Mr Darling, the leader of the No campaign, is proving more difficult.
Ms Jackson is renowned for her imaginative lookalike photography depicting celebrities, politicians and members of the Royal Family.
"I think the referendum is very important and it's going to be reaching its height in terms of interest over the coming months," she said.
"It's an interesting subject with some big characters, and I think it's important to mark it.
"We are still working on some ideas for what we can do with (Mr Salmond and Mr Darling). Once we cast the lookalikes then we can start to develop those ideas a little more."
On casting her lookalikes, Ms Jackson said: "With Alex Salmond I think the face shape is very important. The body doesn't matter so much as we can work around that, but face shape is definitely key.
"We're down to a shortlist of three, and we'll take it from there.
"With Alistair Darling, there is obviously the flock of white hair, with the dark eyebrows and the deep tan - that's very distinctive so you would think it might be easy to find someone, but the response has been disappointing."
The artist is hopeful her search will be more fruitful than the hunt for another former Chancellor, Gordon Brown.
"It proved impossible to find a Gordon Brown lookalike even after six years of thorough searching," she added.
Ms Jackson, who previously won a Bafta for her work in the BBC2 series Doubletake, has produced paparazzi-style snaps of an array of famous faces in amusing situations, from David Cameron and Nick Clegg playing table tennis, to Mick Jagger using a zimmer frame.
Her most recent work includes the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with their baby Prince George.
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