Joe Ravetz obit

Joseph Ravetz Obituary

 

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Joseph Ravetz

October 13, 1939 - February 8, 2016

Resident of Rio Del Mar

Joe passed peacefully on February 8, 2016 at his home in Rio Del Mar surrounded by his wife of 36 years, Harriet Maglin, and son, Adam Maglin-Ravetz, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Joe and his wife Harriet moved to Santa Cruz 4 1/2 years ago after having lived in Venice, CA for many years. Living by the ocean had great import and Rio Del Mar became home immediately.

Joe was born in Philadelphia, PA, but grew up in Los Angeles after the family moved there when he was four. Joe earned a BFA from UCLA and enjoyed a productive career in the LA television/film industry as an editor and television producer/director. He loved traveling the country to produce stories for Unsolved Mysteries. Joe had a passion for photography and in his early years shot album covers with Iron Butterfly's Heavy being the most famous. After his career slowed, Joe returned to his love of photography. His photography captured more than physical form, as he was able to sense and shoot the very fabric of life in all of its glory and shadow. That fabric was displayed in how he captured the soul of individuals - the LA Homeless standing on street corners holding their signs or the solitude of San Francisco bus riders sitting among the mass of humanity. Joe's other focus was capturing the beauty of motion. His photographs of musicians on Venice Beach to the graceful movement of ballet dancers in LA and Santa Cruz to stylish women in great looking high heels captured that beauty. His photography was exhibited in numerous galleries in Los Angeles, Santa Cruz and Pacific Grove. To view his work, visit www.joeravetz.com.

Joe embraced the Santa Cruz community by volunteering as a docent for Santa Cruz Symphony's classroom visitation program, and serving as a gallery host at the Museum of Art and History. The Santa Cruz art community embraced him. His work was displayed at Open Studios, Davenport, Blitzer, and Michaelangelo galleries, in the Catamaran literary magazine, and at the Art League. He had the pleasure of photographing Santa Cruz Symphony's maestro, Daniel Stewart, and several of those shots are used in their publicity campaigns and the current symphony's season program and website.

As well as his wife Harriet and son Adam, Joe is survived by his brother, Ted Ravetz (Seattle). Joe will be missed by many, but his legacy will remain through his magnificent photography. The Rio Del Mar beach, our magnificent northern coast and the majestic redwood forests were places that gave him great comfort, pleasure and spiritual renewal. He always felt blessed to live in this splendor.

A celebration of his life will occur in late spring. Donations in his honor can be made to Hospice of Santa Cruz.

 

Editor

Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman in Beauty and the Beast (1987)

Beauty and the Beast

7.0

TV Series

Editor

1987

1 episode

 

Edward Asner in The Christmas Star (1986)

The Christmas Star

6.2

Editor (edited by)

1986

 

Richard Dean Anderson in MacGyver (1985)

MacGyver

7.6

TV Series

Editor

1985–1986

6 episodes

 

Denzel Washington, Ed Begley Jr., David Morse, Howie Mandel, Cynthia Sikes, Ellen Bry, William Daniels, and Ed Flanders in St. Elsewhere (1982)

St. Elsewhere

8.0

TV Series

Editor

1985

3 episodes

 

Pierce Brosnan and Stephanie Zimbalist in Remington Steele (1982)

Remington Steele

7.3

TV Series

Editor

1983–1985

13 episodes

 

The Severed Arm (1973)

The Severed Arm

4.9

Editor

1973

 

The Perils of Priscilla

6.9

Short

Editor

1969

 

Rodeo

6.9

Short

Editor

1969

 

Producer

Impact: Stories of Survival (2002)

Impact: Stories of Survival

9.0

TV Series

producer

2003–2004

5 episodes

 

Director

Robert Stack in Unsolved Mysteries (1987)

Unsolved Mysteries

8.3

TV Series

segment director

1992–2010

2 episodes