The Faceless Heroine

ATHENS, GREECE. Union leader Konstantina Kouneva, was attacked by two men with sulfuric acid. Her attackers threw acid all over her face and made her drink it. Kouneva was a cleaning lady for the subway system in Athens and was fighting for the rights of immigrant workers that are paid less money than Greek workers, even though they work longer hours. Kouneva herself is an immigrant from Bulgaria and came to Greece with her 12-year-old son and her mother. Kouneva's attackers will never be punished, because Greek justice decided to archive the case. Kouneva was awarded from the European Union's office in Athens on Women's Day. LAIF Agency, published on Kapa Magazine in Greece.

Nikos Pilos is an award-winning photojournalist and one of Europe’s noted feature photographers. He has traveled extensively to document war, natural disasters, poverty, socioeconomic struggle and cultural shifts. His work regularly appears in leading international newspapers and magazines and has been exhibited throughout Europe and U.S.Since his first assignment in Lebanon in 1988, he has covered almost all the major historical events at Balkans, Middle East, Maghreb and Eastern Europe. The last two years he is dedicated into the realization of the cross media interactive platform THE REFUGE