Samuel D’Amico on Fstoppers

Sam D'Amico Photography

I recall always being interested in photography.

In 1986, after studying two photography courses at a community college, I left my job as a telephone operator and began working as a freelance photojournalist.

From 1987 through 1991, I worked as a staff photographer for two newspapers. After being laid off from a staff photographer position in 199, I continued to freelance until 1997.

From 1992-1997 I photographed over 500 assignments for the New York Times as a freelance Photojournalist. Additionally, my work has been displayed and awarded in photography shows.

In 2002 I moved to Washington, DC, and began to work as an instructor at the Washington School of Photography in Bethesda, MD. I enjoyed working as a photography instructor, so in 2003, I began developing a curriculum for my series of workshops, the “Sam D’Amico Photography Classes.” In 2018 and 2022, the Sam D’Amico Photography classes were voted “Best Art Class” by the readers of the Washington City Paper.

My approach to making pictures have been influenced by life experiences, my teachers, and other photographers such as Andre Kertesz, Helen Levitt, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Mary Ellen Mark, Lee Friedlander, and Nan Goldin, to name a few. I seem to be most influenced by Photographers whose approach appears to be just observing and recording with minimal influence on whatever is being photographed.

Please visit https://samdamico.com to learn more about me.