In 1949, he returned to France and resumed his work on the circus. He contributed photography to the journals "L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui," "Le Courrier des métiers d'art," "Métiers de France." In the early 1950s Tuefferd lived for a time in Hudson, NH and photographed in the USA, and in 1955 was included by Edward Steichen in the seminal world-touring "The Family of Man" that commenced at the Museum of Modern Art. In the midst of a snowstorm on Mt Cardigan, NH, in 1968 met his wife-to-be Helen (née McDougall, 17 February 1932 – 30 April 2016) who was a member of the Appalachian Mountain Club, participating in White Mountain hikes. Though for a time he relinquished photography to work in electronics in the United States he resumed again in 1992. He died on December 17, 1996 and was survived by his wife Helen, and his two sons, Max and Nanook. The Musée National des Arts et Traditions posthumously showed his circus imagery in an exhibit in 1999 entitled "François Tuefferd: "Le cirque", photographs 1933-1954." A catalogue of his circus work was published by la Réunion des Musées Nationaux.