In 1958 Halsman was listed in Popular Photography magazine's "World's Ten Greatest Photographers", and in 1975 he received the Life Achievement in Photography Award from the American Society of Magazine Photographers, of which he was elected the first president in 1945.
Halsman se pojavio na popisu "deset najvećih fotografa na svijetu" časopisa Popular Photography, a 1975. je primio nagradu za životno djelo Američkog društva časopisnih fotografa, za koje je bio izabran kao prvi predsjednik 1945.