am D'Amico started his photography career working for local newspapers. In 2002 he moved to Washington, DC and began to work as an instructor at the Washington School of Photography in Bethesda, MD. Sam enjoyed working as a photography instructor and as a result, in 2003, he began developing curriculum for his own series of workshops. His first workshop was held at 'Teaism Restaurant at Penn Quarter", a Tea House in Washington DC. Currently Sam continues to free-lance.

Sam's visual sense and approach to making pictures have been influenced by his life experiences, his teachers and other photographers such as Andre Kertesz, Helen Levitt, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Mary Ellen Mark, Lee Friedlander and Nan Goldin just to name a few. On May 5, Sam will present on photojournalism.