[7] Among the people Halsband photographed at that time were artist Andy Warhol,[8] musicians David Byrne,[8] Alan Vega, James Brown,[8] Jim Carroll, Peter Tosh, and Lydia Lunch, and Penthouse founder Bob Guccione.
[citation needed] Halsband spent most of the 1980s as a fashion photographer for various magazines, including Vogue,[8] Mademoiselle, Glamour, Self, Esquire, GQ,[8] and House & Garden, as well as working on international ad campaigns for Gap, J.Crew, Barneys, Pepsi, and press kits for designers Calvin Klein and Adrienne Vittadini.
[5][better source needed] In 1985, Halsband created a double portrait of artists Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat pictured side-by-side and wearing boxing trunks and gloves.
[5][better source needed] Reading books on the subject, Halsband looked at how nude photography and erotica had been represented in both America and Europe.
"[6] When author Hunter S. Thompson invited actor Johnny Depp to join him on a week-long visit to Cuba in 1999, Halsband was assigned by Rolling Stone magazine to document the trip.
[7] The book consists of portraits of musicians and artists such as Warhol, Basquiat, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, and LeRoy Neiman.
The film is a collection of 14 reels of footage, straight from the camera and unedited, that Halsband shot of Tudor and other professional surfers such as Beau Young, Kelly Slater and Rob Machado.
[17][18] The surfwear brand Quiksilver commissioned Halsband to shoot and direct three short films with professional surfer Stephanie Gilmore titled The Water Dancer, released on January 12, 2012.
[5][better source needed][19][20] Growing Farmers is a 16-minute-long documentary film, shot and directed by Halsband, and produced in conjunction with the Peconic Land Trust.
The film deals with the challenges of young aspiring Long Island farmers, such as the issue of affordable farmland and the industry's future.