After three years she returned to Los Angeles and built a successful business as a fashion photographer. Sam returned to Canada in 1989, and resided in Vancouver where she continued her business in fashion and portrait photography. Recognized for both her commercial and fine art work she has been published in Canadian, American and European Magazines, and has exhibited in galleries throughout Canada. Sam is represented by" Image Conscience" in San Francisco who produced four images of her work in Greece and "Canadian Fine Art Prints" who produce her fine art work of flowers and are sold worldwide. She is also represented by ArtRep in Vancouver, B.C, and Oberon Designs in San Francisco.