Rocky. The Complete Films. Art Edition No. 26–50 ‘Rocky II’ (1979)

Since playing the title role in his own screenplay of Rocky , which won the Academy Award in 1976 for Best Picture, Sylvester Stallone has gained worldwide recognition with the Rocky , Rambo , and The Expendables franchises, and has worked as an actor, writer, director, and producer. Stallone is also an accomplished artist, completing paintings on canvas as well as sculpture work, and has been exhibited worldwide.

Native New Yorker Neil Leifer began photographing sports events as a teenager. Over 160 of his pictures have appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated and over 40 of his photographs have graced the cover of Time . He has published 17 books, and was one of two principal photographers in TASCHEN’s tribute to Muhammad Ali , GOAT—Greatest Of All Time , and the illustrated edition of Norman Mailer’s The Fight .

Paul Duncan is a film historian whose TASCHEN books include The Star Wars Archives , The James Bond Archives , The Charlie Chaplin Archives , The Godfather Family Album , Taxi Driver , Film Noir , and Horror Cinema , as well as publications on film directors, film genres, and movie stars.