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Endpoint: William Figge (Photographer)



created on: 29/10/2024
by: bob (9887)
 
 

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William "Bill" Vassar Figge (born March 25, 1919, Iowa, U.S. – died May 1976, Glendale, California, U.S. (aged 57)) was an American photographer who, along with his wife Melba, ran the "Figge" photography studio in Glendale, California.

The couple started shooting weddings and went on to have their photography featured in the pages of Playboy magazine.
William "Bill" Figge married Melba Lacayo (July 24, 1922, Managua, Nicaragua - January 21, 2015, Corona Del Mar, Newport Beach, California, U.S. (aged 92)) and together they photographed a total of 28 Playmates from 1965 to 1976.
They ran a photography studio in Glendale, California.
Both Bill and Melba achieved Master of Photography from the Professional Photographers of America


Bill 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 shot 48 gatefolds and 3 covers.

The Figge family operated out of their home until 1963 when they opened their first studio in Glendale. After the freeway claimed that building, they launched a new, bigger studio in Glendale near the Burbank border and did business there until Bill's untimely death in 1976. That year, the Figges opened a second studio in Newport Beach and operated both studios until 1980 when they moved the business full time to Newport.

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.
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Married to [m. 1945 - 1976 (his death)] : Melba Lacayo
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on : 29/10/2024
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