Figge was a combat photographer in
World War II. After the war, he failed to find work as a cinematographer, so he stayed with photography and specialised in
portraiture, shooting
weddings and contributing to
Playboy magazine. Notably, he discovered many
Playmates at weddings. Bill Figge, as he is sometimes called, shot 48
gatefolds and 3 covers. The couple ceased contributing to Playboy when the magazine became more risqué in the 1980s. Bill and Melba had three sons, (Greg, Stephan and Eric,) and one daughter (Leslie). Greg and Leslie run the studio that their parents began,
Figge Studios. Eric, the only child to have formal education in photography, photographs architecture professionally. Figge died in Glendale, California, at the age of 57. ==
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