In May 2014, Tumo's first photography competition was announced. The month long photography contest saw 97 Tumo members passionate about photography submit over 300 photos to compete in the Portrait, Documentary, Nature, Open and Story categories. They chose which photos to enter into the competition with the assistance of award winning photojournalist Eric Grigorian.

The contest gave participants the freedom to explore countless themes within the five categories, resulting in thought provoking photographs depicting their interests and evoking emotions in the viewer. The photographs were showcased in an open judging format in which the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners were chosen by the judging panel of professional photographers, giving participants a chance to find out how winning photographs are chosen. Photographer and panelist Karen Mirzoyan stated that the participants had produced not only interesting photographs but had also engaged in the difficult challenge of storytelling.