Eventually, his family immigrated to the United States, where he graduated with a bachelor"s degree in Sociology from the University of California at Berkeley, then received a master"s degree in Fine Arts from California State University at Sacramento.
Inspiration and His first calling to adventure travel photography came in 1976, during a four-month trip through Japan, northern India, Nepal and Sikkim. In Nepal, Miglavs was one of the first to be allowed into the Muktinath / Mustang area on the border with Tibet. Miglavs went on to photograph and write for publications, including National Geographic, Travel & Leisure, Sunset and National Wildlife, traveling through more than 30 countries over 25 years.
His commercial clients include Hewlett Packard, Deloitte & Touche, 7-11, Sheraton Hotels, Oregon Tourism, PGE and Nikon.
Miglavs is developing and exhibiting the photo documentary Africa’s Undiscovered Myths & Archetypal Dreams. This aims to document the stories of Africa’s most remote indigenous tribes and to create photo illustrations from descriptions by chiefs, shamans, witch doctors and tribal elders.
Miglavs has created two books related to the wine industry. The most recent, Oregon: The Taste of Wine, won two awards, including the Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal for Best Regional book, and one of four finalists in the Gourmand World Book for “Best Book on New World Wine.” Work from his Africa’s Undiscovered Myths Project has been seen throughout the United States including at the United Nations, the Longview Museum of Fine Arts, and Portland State University.
