Yes, but in a different way than I believe your question implies. Edward Burtynsky produced an amazing series of photographs centered around the automobile and in his words, how it "represent[ed] not only freedom, but also something much more conflicted."
https://www.edwardburtynsky.com/projects/photographs/oil
One of the most internet famous images from that series is of a stroad in Breezewood, PA:
https://www.edwardburtynsky.com/news-hub/2019/7/25/what-inte...