In 1969 Hsu's series "An Ami Melody" earned him the title "honorary master of photography" from the China Photography Society, the Taiwan Province Photography Society, and the Taipei Photography Society.
許安定曾經以一組「阿美族旋律」的連作，在民國五十八年同時得到「中國攝影學會」、「台灣省攝影學會」及「台北市攝影學會」的「博學」會士名銜。