Sam D'Amico began working as a a free-lance photojournalist in 1986.

From 1987 through 1991 he worked as a staff photographer for two newspapers. After being laid off from a staff photographer position in 1991, D'Amico continued to free-lance until 1997. From 1992-1997 he photographed over 500 assignments for the New York Times as a free-lance Photojournalist.

Sam left photography again in 1997 due to what he viewed as "intolerable working terms". Frustrated and disappointed, he worked at a variety of non-photography related jobs. During this time he began attending meetings of The New Jersey Photography Forum. Some of the members of the group encouraged D'Amico to begin to exhibit his work. "If it wasn't for some of the members of the New Jersey Photography Forum, I probably would have given up on photography completely".

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 makes his rights managed stock photographs available for editorial,commercial and personal use licensing. His work is also available as photographic prints and he continues his work as a photography instructor in the Washington DC area.